On 03-20-14, KURT WEISKE said to ROGER NELSON:


KW>Re: End of Windows XP
KW>By: Roger Nelson to All on Wed Mar 19 2014 02:33 pm


RN>  threats. In fact August's Microsoft Security Intelligence Report noted
RN> that malware infection rates for Windows XP is already significantly
RN> higher than those for modern systems such as Windows 7 and Windows 8.
RN> Windows XP is 21 times more likely to be infected than Windows 8,
RN> according to statistics recently released by Microsoft.


KW>Statistics brought to you by the people trying to sell you Windows 8.


KW>I'm not denying that it's a possibility that Windows XP is more vulnerable
KW>than Windows 8, but I'm skeptical of statistics created by a group with a
KW>vested interest.


Sort of reminds me of Cingular Wireless. I had my cell phone with them from
the first time I ever had one.


At about the time the two year contract was up, they'd start sending me
brochures about a `new phone' that was better than the one I had.


Of course...it came with a `new two year contract'.


I liked the company, and needed the phone, so I'd get a new one.


Then, AT&T took it over. And by thenI had a phone I really liked. So
when AT&T
sent me brochures at the near-end of contract time, I ignored them.


What did the bastards do? After I ignored two or three more brochures, they
sent me a notice that the SIM card in my phone was of an outdated technology,
and I should come into an AT&T store to have the SIM card changed. And that
after a cut-off date, my present SIM card would no longer work.


So I went in to have the SIM card changed, but (of course!)...the new SIM card
`won't work in *your* phone....you'll have to have a *new* one'. Ended up with
anOTHer two year contract!


Two years went by. Then...`darned' if my phone wasn't `out-dated technology!
But..I could get the *new* technology by just coming into my AT&T store.
They'd be *glad* to fix me up.'


I was in and out of BEST BUY all the time for DVD's, external drives, thumb
drives, etc; and I'd seen some of the phone and phone cards they had. I didn't
really like the phone I'd gotten from AT&T the last time, it was crappy. So I
picked out the one I wanted from BEST BUY, bought it, and the girl took my old
SIM card and transfered the info from it to the SIM card in my new phone.


That was about six or eight years back. AT&T stopped their campaign to get a
new two year contract out of me after awhile. when they'd threaten to disable
my SIM card, I'd go in and tell them if they did, I'd buy a `monthly' cell
phone service from BEST BUY and drop AT&T. Actually, the monthly service I'd
get from BEST BUY is cheaper than AT&T, and they know it. So they don't bother
me anymore. I have their service...they send me a bill every month...I pay the
bill...everybody's happy!


When I saw the messages about Windows XP support ending...I had to click out
and look to see what version I've got on this computer. I had a setup that
used XP once, but this isn't it. This has Vista on it. My laptop has windows
7.


I'm going to get an HP one of these days that has everything right in the
monitor with no tower involved. Saves space. That technology has Windows 8 on
it I think.







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