Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"

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?

It seems each version of Windows and MS Office has a new look and feel
that causes many users to get lost. It is one thing to improve
functionality, speed, and reliability, but it seems pointless to create
new layouts and menus that result in users getting lost. MS seems to
ignore the human interface. I'm sure the time wasted by users hunting
through each new menu causes billions of dollars of lost productivity
each year.

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Question Quigley
Kilkee
County Clare, IE