DS> Hi, Bob...

BK>> Back in the "old days" we used to talk about planned
BK>> obsolescense, in automobiles. I never believed they could plan
BK>> for cars to start dying after any particular time, but the
BK>> certainly can with software.

 DS>   It's part of the warranty...it's guaranteed to start
 DS>   wearing out the moment you drive it off the lot. 

 Cars, yes, software shouldn't be.

BK>> I'm with you. First because Win 8 is too expensive to buy as an
BK>> upgrade from something that does the job quite well, and second,
BK>> because upgrading software is going to be expensive also.

 DS>   The "tablets" systems are KILLING Microsoft financially.
 DS>   Yet, I've heard very few positive comments about Windows
 DS>   8 and up. The only reason they kept an XP Virtual Mode in
 DS>   Windows 7 was to try to get the current XP folks to
 DS>   upgrade.

 So, let me upgrade to Win 7 and stop there.

BK>> It's not just the cost of the software, but all too often the
BK>> hardware has to be upgraded also. IOW, you buy a new computer.
BK>> Mine is from 2002 and it still does the job. Why buy a new one?
BK>> It's not like I'm watching HD movies on the net, nor playing
BK>> high end games.

 DS>   Exactly. And, why should you discard perfectly good
 DS>   working hardware and software?? It makes as much sense as
 DS>   tits on a boar hog. 

 Exactly.

 ....

BK>> And it's not just a fixed income, which I am on, but also way
BK>> too many people have low incomes that don't allow for

 ...

 DS>   As Bill Clinton's campaign slogan noted "It's the
 DS>   economy, stupid!". Microsoft has their head so far up

 Glad someone else remembers that.

 ...

BK>> I would like to know, if MS knew there were security flaws in
BK>> XP, which they had to in order to eliminate them in Win 7 or Win
BK>> 8, then why not eliminate them in Win XP? Not eliminating them
BK>> should make then liable for the costs of those security flaws.

 DS>   I use Opera as my default web browser, and use Internut
 DS>   Exploder (typos intended) for Windows Update. After the

 I use Firefox. Can remover IE now that I don't do updates
 anymore.

 DS>   final security update for XP in April, 2014, it'll be
 DS>   good to just turn that feature off. As long as I'm

 Done.

 DS>   careful as to what websites I visit, plus keeping my
 DS>   anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall updated, I should
 DS>   be OK.

 Yep.

BK>>... Windows: The world's 1st commercially successful virus.

 DS>   How about the tagling below?? 

 DS>  þ OLX 1.53 þ Windows Vista7Up Virus: Renders 16-bit
 DS>  programs useless.

 Since I am using quite a few 16 bit programs upgrading may be a
 bit delayed.



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