How to keep Win XP updated
A bit of a hack, but this Extremetech article tells how to get 5 more years of MS support- kind of. Certainly not for everyone, but an interesting hack (and one that shows MS support ended purely t...
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1492 wrote:
A counterpoint is just how long should a company provide free update support for an OS?
I buy a new hi-tech car w/ lots of software systems. After 10 years, GM starts hounding me to lose my mechanically sound machine because I cannot reliably continue to use it because its software is known to breakdown w/ time - no more fixes coming from GM.
When I buy a computer device, I see a thing that will allow me to process my info acquisitions and manipulations. The device is one thing, the info is a separate one. If you're looking for dualism, it is Devise/Info. Smartphones are great examples of how we look at computing.
But Microsoft wants us to continue seeing computers as things were like back when you bought the hardware separate from the software. They want the dualism to persist, only they want to have their OS be included w/ your info, not as simply one part of a functional device.
Seen correctly, the thing MS did wrong is to force XP users to buy their paradigm over yours. People do not like others to mess w/ their paradigm! I do not buy a laptop to run an OS, I buy it to process my info/data.
All MS just had to say was, "We no longer supply patches to XP," then shut up. Do not try to shame a customer into buying what you sell. The product will speak for itself.
