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On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 19:39:49 -0500, gfretwell{at}aol.com wrote:

>>>Any old hardware hacker has a machine or two around with a COA sticker
>>>on it. In real life MS doesn't really seem to care about XP anymore
>>>anyway. They will authenticate anything with a valid number.
>>>Mine all say "genuine microsoft" or words to that effect.
>>
>>One does wonder why they continue to do that.
>
>I suspect maintaining the old server that tried to track hardware
>changes and then had people sitting by the phone to reconcile the
>differences was not worth it for a software package they were not
>selling anymore. They certainly do not want to say they will breach
>the EULA contract and abandon their customers after a while.
>That is why they want to migrate to the subscription model with a hard
>drop dead date if you don't keep paying, getting away from a lifetime
>sale.

This is just my opinion, but I think if MS had any common sense they
would have at least TWO releases that they support. One being their
newest bloatware (Windows 10), and the other being something simple such
as XP. If I look at Linux, there are TOO MANY choices. There are a
hundred or more distrosm and each one has multiple desktops, and other
variations. I dont know where to begin....

Windows has ONE current version, and one or two older ones still
supported. That's it. 

Many of most young people seem to want the latest gadget with the most
bells, whistles and buttons. Most of them can afford a new computer too.

But what about us older persons. (I am one of them). I most likely know
more about the works and hardware of computers than the younger crowd,
but I dont want complicated, bloated, or too many unneeded bells and
whistles. Unlike most young people use a high powered modern computer to
do three things. Connect to facebook, play games, and stream
videos/music. Myself, I actually use my computer as a tool. Do graphic
editing, compose or edit music, create flyers and posters, and so on. In
all honesty, I do almost all of this running Win 98. The reason is that
98 was simple and the resources run the software to make these
creations, not to power the OS and run all sorts of worthless scripts,
not to mention all the advertising and privacy invasion that all eats up
resources.

BUt I also use XP, and almost have to use XP for the internet now,
because there are no browsers that run on 98 that work well anymore.

Why is MS not providing a SENIOR operating system, made for us elders,
or anyone else who dont want all the bloat and crap? 

Sure they want to sell a product, and supporting XP forever wont make
them sales, but they could make a similar SIMPLE OS to XP with
improvements (not bloat) and still make it so we can use older computers
to run it, because retired elderly people surviving on little cash cant
afford new computers.

MS could be selling both their latest bloatware and their simple OS at
the same time. Instead, all they offer is ONE CHOICE. Take it or leave
it... You could not get me to use Win10 if you gave it to me free,
including the computer it's on. If someone did give me a free computer
with Win10, I'd probably format the drive and find a way to install XP
on it.

Heck, back in 2001, I bought a computer with Win2000 on it. Within a
week, I removed 2000, and installed Win98 on it (which is the same
computer I am posting this message from now).
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