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Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:11:49 -0500
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On 12/17/2012 4:49 AM, Greegor wrote:
> Microsoft's big opportunities to sell new versions of
> Windows used to accompany hardware 6x faster
> than the previous hardware.
>
> This entails huge costs, much greater than the
> mere cost of computers and Windows.
>
> Adapting or replacing old, expensive or proprietary
> software is a huge expense, as is any retraining
> caused by such changes.
>
> But these huge expenses were seen as
> worthwhile because of the 6x speed increase.
> Those days are over.
>
> The applications that pay the bills for large
> corporate users are things like order entry,
> order recall, inventory, database, telephone
> services scripts (Oracle) and word processing.
>
> One outfit has about 150 computer workstations
> in one room alone, plus about 30 more among
> offices and operation center.  But they have
> about 25 such locations.  Upgrading from XP
> would offer them no advantage whatsoever.
>
> Even though an operating system is crucial
> for a computer, it is nonetheless a minor fraction
> of the overall cost.  If Microsoft is going to force
> that MASS of old computers to be replaced with
> no real advantage and for no real reason aside
> from the marketing needs of Microsoft, it becomes
> a bit like the tail wagging the dog.
>
> What does Microsoft get per new OEM computer
> with Win8?  Maybe $30?   Yet they expect to
> force old systems to be scrapped and new computers
> which provide no actual advantage to be purchased
> at about $700 per system??  Just to fulfill Microsoft's
> MARKETING NEEDS??
>
> To force corporate customer service centers to
> landfill/scrap all of those WinXP-Pro computers
> by cutting off revised SECURITY UPDATES
> is blatantly a MARKETING PLOY by Microsoft.
>
> And not a very nice one.
>
> Cutesy tiles instead of icons?  Big deal.
>
> How about that Android, eh?
>
I don't have Windows 8, but I am in a situation where my computers are 
getting old and may need to be replaced.  In my investigations I have 
been told that the that horrible new interface can be turned off and you 
can use a XP like interface.

I sure hope this is true because I don't want to spend a large chunk of 
my time on the computer chasing my programs around the screen.  It is 
bad enough having to open multiple menus and then when you find the one 
you want, have the open menus collapse and you have to start over.
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