TELVM Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Microsoft to double price of XP’s post-retirement support ... According to U.S.-based Net Applications, for example, the global user share of XP stood at 20.7% of all Windows-powered PCs in January, representing more than 300 million machines ... ... In a January survey of more than 500 technology professionals responsible for development of Web and mobile apps, less than half — 45% — have walked away from the OS and stopped supporting customers. In fact, 19%, or nearly one in five of those polled, said that they continued to deliver new features and functionality for XP. An even larger group — 31% — said that they still fix bugs, albeit only the most serious ones, in their applications that support Windows XP. Windows XP’s path toward zero share will be closely watched not only by Microsoft’s customers, but by Microsoft itself. That’s because most analysts believe Windows 7, which in January accounted for 61.1% of all Windows PCs by Net Applications’ data, will be a reprise of XP in the enterprise ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebolt Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 “Windows XP’s path toward zero share…”A shorter path could still get you to the Crab Nebula and back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZortMcGort11 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 we're all just slaves on the microsoft plantation. *cracks whip* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnX Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Good thing we got this http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/171814-posready-2009-updates-ported-to-windows-xp-sp3-enu/ Edited February 20, 2015 by AnX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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