Jay Maynard wrote:
On 2008-08-22, Neil Gould wrote:
Gig 601Xl Builder wrote:
I mis-remembered the story I quoted. The actual story was the 35% of
new Windows computers are downgraded either at the factory or by
the user shortly after purchase from Vista to XP.
That sounds like an old story. Checked lately?

Posted to Slashdot on August 18, 2008:
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?.../08/18/2016228

Thanks fo rthe pointer... that's recent enough! ;-)

However, its references, I think the methodology used to determine this is
rather questionable because it presumes that the machines included in the
sample were originally set up with Vista just because they could have been.
Even the originator of the "data" states that it is pretty much a guess.
And, a sample size of 3,000 units is not significant given the millions of
computers sold during the same period. But, it is indicative of the shoddy
"research data" that people are willing to believe when it fits their
preconceptions.

MS pretty much knows it built a dog. That's why they have kept
pushing back the drop dead date on XP.
What drop dead date on XP are you referring to?

Probably the one where you can't get it any more.

Considering that I purchased a new copy of Windows 2000 a couple weeks ago,
I think that your notion that you can't get XP anymore -- or even that one
won't be able to get XP for years to come -- is not based in reality.

Neil