Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It • Hacker News Board

Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 06, 2014, 6:47 AM UTC

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #44

nightski wrote: post #20

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Do you really believe there is any sort of significant demand for XP? Maybe you could make an argument for 7, but really the almost 13 year old Windows XP?

Hey, look, there's a link to an article up there! Let's read it together: "Currently, the more than a decade old OS still has a market share of 29.53%." Wow!

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Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It

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Post by Guvante » Fri, Mar 07, 2014, 10:39 PM UTC

Touche wrote: post #35

Guvante wrote: post #32

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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?

Windows made $6.37 billion profit in Q3 2012. Providing a way to get Windows without paying could potentially kill the cow which is worth unbelievable amounts of money.

Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It

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Post by Guvante » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 8:13 PM UTC

ams6110 wrote: post #55

Guvante wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It's not that I don't like Windows 7, it just offers no additional value for the things I do with a computer.

To be fair it is quite nice from a security standpoint.

XKCD put it well - http://xkcd.com/694/