Originally Posted By: joemikeb
Interesting announcement Microsoft is dropping Windows XP support next month abandoning roughly â…“ of all computer users. So the relatively few Snow Leopard users will no longer have to feel alone and friendless in the computing world. They will have a LOT of company.

Well, yeah, but, in all likelihood, not for very long, because unlike Snowy users, XP users will be in fear of their lives and feel compelled to upgrade in short order. (For comparative purposes, I'll track the % in my monthly Snowy report.)

Microsoft doesn't even have to offer the $100 carrot other than as a friendly business practice, because the platform's vulnerability is is enough of a stick to get the beast moving.


The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.

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