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How else do you test on IE?
http://modern.ie/ ? Microsoft's got VMs for almost every IE/OS combination you could want. Edit: meaning, why are you limiting yourself to just XP. I realize that was unclear.
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User demand? You mean the people saying "develop and give us free updates forever because we don't want to pay you for Windows new edition"? They have no interest in developing it So... where did Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 come from, if not "interest in developing Windows"?
> User demand? You mean the people saying "develop and give us free updates forever because we don't want to pay you for Windows new edition"? Yep, those people. > So... where did Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 come from, if not "interest in developing Windows"? Not developing the XP branch, that people are still interested in (as this article demonstrates).
Customers not wanting to pay is not a good reason to open source your product.
What could be interesting will be percentage of computers running Windows 7 at EOL. My bet is it will be the same or higher. I don't see many companies jumping on the Windows 8 bandwagon any time soon, especially with how much "less buggy" 7 is versus 8.x.
I don't either, but not just because the the bugs. The whole focus on tablets and touch screens is a big turn off to most businesses I would think. Even though Microsoft is finally considering switching 8 to more of a classic style, I think it's too late for that.
Many XP systems cannot be upgraded to another version of Windows, at least officially the hardware isn't adequate. On the other hand there was a huge opportunity to switch these systems to Linux if there had been a savvy distro with a little cash and a business model. But I fear that bus has left the station.
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> User demand? You mean the people saying "develop and give us free updates forever because we don't want to pay you for Windows new edition"? Yep, those people. > So... where did Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 come from, if not "interest in developing Windows"? Not developing the XP branch, that people are still interested in (as this article demonstrates).
Is anyone honestly using Windows XP because they don't like any of the more recent versions? Or do they just not want to pay? Customers not wanting to pay is not a good reason to open source your product.
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User demand? You mean the people saying "develop and give us free updates forever because we don't want to pay you for Windows new edition"? They have no interest in developing it So... where did Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 come from, if not "interest in developing Windows"?
> User demand? You mean the people saying "develop and give us free updates forever because we don't want to pay you for Windows new edition"? Yep, those people. > So... where did Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 come from, if not "interest in developing Windows"? Not developing the XP branch, that people are still interested in (as this article demonstrates).
Still think Microsoft should open source XP. They have no interest in developing it despite user demand, let someone else take over.
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Is anyone honestly using Windows XP because they don't like any of the more recent versions? Or do they just not want to pay? Customers not wanting to pay is not a good reason to open source your product.
What about the goodwill among developers it would create? That worth nothing too?
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> User demand? You mean the people saying "develop and give us free updates forever because we don't want to pay you for Windows new edition"? Yep, those people. > So... where did Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 come from, if not "interest in developing Windows"? Not developing the XP branch, that people are still interested in (as this article demonstrates).
So why should they, as a profit-making company, open-source Windows XP and thus create a valid competitor to their existing products which actually do make them a profit?
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http://modern.ie/ ? Microsoft's got VMs for almost every IE/OS combination you could want. Edit: meaning, why are you limiting yourself to just XP. I realize that was unclear.
Now this is cool. Thank you for sharing the link.