China Pressures MS to Continue Support for XP

[V.T. Eric Layton]

I love it! China is trying to strongarm MS into continuing to support XP because people can't afford Win 8, and continuing with XP will lessen the pirating of 8. HAHAHA! The really funny thing it China probably has the financial clout to get away with this.

 

https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/120313-windows-xp-china-276547.html?hpg1=bn

[raymac46]

So correct me if I'm wrong but the Chinese authorities' logic is this:

There are a boatload of Windows XP users in China and a lot of them are pirates.

If the pirates lose support and have to upgrade they will move on to pirated copies of Windows 8.

This is not a good result for the authorities so it's better for MSFT to support the XP pirates indefinitely. :'(

 

Maybe we could get pirated copies of this extended support. Just sayin'.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Yeah. That about sums it up, I think.

[Guest LilBambi]

Very weird...

[abarbarian]

I've kept it quiet till now but I am Chinese. I wonder if MS will do the same deal for expats

[V.T. Eric Layton]

He's Erik.

 

I'm Eric.

 

He's a Chinese barbarian? Hmm...

 

[sunrat]

When I was in Vietnam, there were "IT guys" who would install XP for $US2. They will be seriously inconvenienced, or not. I wouldn't be surprised if they keep doing it for a few years.

There was malware on almost every shared hotel computer I saw there.

[sunrat]

s/boarders/borders/ ?

[V.T. Eric Layton]

s/boarders/borders/ ?

 

Part of the challenge of reading temmu's posts is the required decoding/interpretation involved.

[Guest LilBambi]

And that's not a bad thing

[V.T. Eric Layton]

No. Not a bad thing at all. It's kinda' like doing the word puzzles in the paper every morning; keeps the mind sharp and wards off early Alzheimer's.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Speelchuck is ALWAYS right!

[V.T. Eric Layton]

That's the guy!