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Upgrading an OS OS is a lot cheaper than upgrading a proprietary one.
Yep, if they run into any issues, just post to the Ubuntu forums, and lazer420 will tell you how to fix it!
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OS X Mavericks today runs on some machines that are 7 years old. True, that's still not great, but better than you claimed.
Define "some". The percentage is very low even at the 5 year mark ;)
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No, they ask their IT department. The difference being, they can fix issues with the OS themselves (or hire someone to). With something closed like Windows, there's only one place to go for support.
If you are a major customer, like many national governments are, you can get the source code to a lot of Windows.
Where I work we still have business specific apps that run only on XP and our suppliers have no plan on upgrading them (unless we fund the entire project, which they will happily resell full price to over companies). This is a clear example of what the lack of competition does
If you'll state what apps these are, I bet someone here would throw together a web based SaaS replacement in an afternoon. If there's no competition for a business app it's often because no one is aware of the need.
I work in public transportation : one company provides us with a way to bill customers, from the time they use their card in a bus (you would have to build the card reader too) to sending a monthly bill.
The other company provides us with a way to track our buses (specific hardware too), and there's even a supposed way to optimize their flow.
But if someone wants to tackle the challenge they'll need a "bit" more than an afternoon ;-)
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They are either fools or computers are not their lives. I know plenty users who Linux would be an ideal fit: web browser? Check. Office suite? Check. Device drivers for hardware Vista/7/8 dont have? Check. WINE layer for common XP apps? Check. Better security and malware defense? Check. And it's free, and wouldn't require any new hardware. Getting 7 on XP hardware would be mighty uncomfortable, if possible at all.
Windows 8.1 runs pretty well on XP hardware, and Update 1 will run even better (minimum 1GB). You might have to buy a cheap graphics card. It browses much faster than XP on the same hardware. Otherwise, if you have people who wouldn't pay for a cheap Windows upgrade (launch offers), they probably don't want to spend a huge amount of time and effort figuring out a "free" Linux with all the other complications you ment…
I changed the cmos battery, the AGP card and did a clean XP reinstall in an SSD drive. The computer is blazing fast. Any newer version of Windows would make the computer slow as shit.
Here in developing countries, we people tend to use our stuff for a LONG time. You see 30yr old cars running around; 20yr old washing machines, which have been re-re-re-re-patched. Buying a new computer just because of some magical limit date, just doesn't cut it. Is it unsafe? maybe, but why throw something away when it is 100% usable!.