From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:58:40 -0300, Internetado   
    wrote:   
      
   >The World Still Loves Windows XP 15 Years After Its Launch (Softpedia   
   >News (Bogdan Popa, Microsoft News Editor))   
   >   
   >>  Believe it or not, but Windows XP is still powering 7.44 percent of the   
   >>  world’s computers, even though it’s already 15-years-old and it no   
   >>  longer receives support since April 2014. NetMarketShare data reveals that   
   >>  in March 2017, Windows XP dropped approximately 1 percent from the previous   
   >>  month, but remained the third most popular desktop operating system in the   
   >>  world after Windows 7 and Windows 10. Truth be told, the decline of Windows   
   >>  XP seems to happen at a faster pace these days, but this ancient operating   
   >>  system somehow sticks around despite the obvious risks of running a   
   >>  platform that no longer receives security updates from its vendor. The   
   >>  evolution of Windows XP’s market share shows that even though it has   
   >>  already reached of support, it remains the preferred choice for an   
   >>  important share of users, with some months even bringing a substantial   
   >>  increase in market share. Months of recovery Back in July 2016, for   
   >>  example, Windows XP posted gr...   
      
   It's probably not love but inertia.   
      
   If you have a working computer running Windows XP that does everything   
   you want to do, why change?   
      
   If, however, your computer dies, and you buy a new one, chances are it   
   will have a later version of Windows already installed, aqnd intertia   
   means that most people will go along with that.   
      
   OK, I bought my current computer because the old one died, but I   
   bought it without an OS installed, and simply restored the backups of   
   my old one which had Windows XP installed on it.   
      
   But it wasn't for love of Windows XP that I did it, but inertia. It   
   saved me the schlep of having to reinstal; all the software and   
   getting it working the way I wanted to.   
      
   Of course software vendors don't like inertia. They want everryone to   
   buy everything they've got to sell as soon as it becomes available.   
   But that's not a problem with the operating system, that's a problem   
   with capitalism , which causes a disjuncture between different   
   people's objectives.   
      
      
      
      
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   Steve Hayes   
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