February 20, 201511 yr Microsoft to double price of XP’s post-retirement support ... According to U.S.-based Net Applications, for example, the global user share of XP stood at 20.7% of all Windows-powered PCs in January, representing more than 300 million machines ... ... In a January survey of more than 500 technology professionals responsible for development of Web and mobile apps, less than half — 45% — have walked away from the OS and stopped supporting customers. In fact, 19%, or nearly one in five of those polled, said that they continued to deliver new features and functionality for XP. An even larger group — 31% — said that they still fix bugs, albeit only the most serious ones, in their applications that support Windows XP. Windows XP’s path toward zero share will be closely watched not only by Microsoft’s customers, but by Microsoft itself. That’s because most analysts believe Windows 7, which in January accounted for 61.1% of all Windows PCs by Net Applications’ data, will be a reprise of XP in the enterprise ...
February 20, 201511 yr “Windows XP’s path toward zero share…”A shorter path could still get you to the Crab Nebula and back.
February 20, 201511 yr Good thing we got this http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/171814-posready-2009-updates-ported-to-windows-xp-sp3-enu/ Edited February 20, 201511 yr by AnX
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