DS> Hi, Bob...   
      
   BK>> Back in the "old days" we used to talk about planned   
   BK>> obsolescense, in automobiles. I never believed they could plan   
   BK>> for cars to start dying after any particular time, but the   
   BK>> certainly can with software.   
      
    DS>   It's part of the warranty...it's guaranteed to start   
    DS>   wearing out the moment you drive it off the lot.    
      
    Cars, yes, software shouldn't be.   
      
   BK>> I'm with you. First because Win 8 is too expensive to buy as an   
   BK>> upgrade from something that does the job quite well, and second,   
   BK>> because upgrading software is going to be expensive also.   
      
    DS>   The "tablets" systems are KILLING Microsoft financially.   
    DS>   Yet, I've heard very few positive comments about Windows   
    DS>   8 and up. The only reason they kept an XP Virtual Mode in   
    DS>   Windows 7 was to try to get the current XP folks to   
    DS>   upgrade.   
      
    So, let me upgrade to Win 7 and stop there.   
      
   BK>> It's not just the cost of the software, but all too often the   
   BK>> hardware has to be upgraded also. IOW, you buy a new computer.   
   BK>> Mine is from 2002 and it still does the job. Why buy a new one?   
   BK>> It's not like I'm watching HD movies on the net, nor playing   
   BK>> high end games.   
      
    DS>   Exactly. And, why should you discard perfectly good   
    DS>   working hardware and software?? It makes as much sense as   
    DS>   tits on a boar hog.    
      
    Exactly.   
      
    ....   
      
   BK>> And it's not just a fixed income, which I am on, but also way   
   BK>> too many people have low incomes that don't allow for   
      
    ...   
      
    DS>   As Bill Clinton's campaign slogan noted "It's the   
    DS>   economy, stupid!". Microsoft has their head so far up   
      
    Glad someone else remembers that.   
      
    ...   
      
   BK>> I would like to know, if MS knew there were security flaws in   
   BK>> XP, which they had to in order to eliminate them in Win 7 or Win   
   BK>> 8, then why not eliminate them in Win XP? Not eliminating them   
   BK>> should make then liable for the costs of those security flaws.   
      
    DS>   I use Opera as my default web browser, and use Internut   
    DS>   Exploder (typos intended) for Windows Update. After the   
      
    I use Firefox. Can remover IE now that I don't do updates   
    anymore.   
      
    DS>   final security update for XP in April, 2014, it'll be   
    DS>   good to just turn that feature off. As long as I'm   
      
    Done.   
      
    DS>   careful as to what websites I visit, plus keeping my   
    DS>   anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall updated, I should   
    DS>   be OK.   
      
    Yep.   
      
   BK>>... Windows: The world's 1st commercially successful virus.   
      
    DS>   How about the tagling below??    
      
    DS>  þ OLX 1.53 þ Windows Vista7Up Virus: Renders 16-bit   
    DS>  programs useless.   
      
    Since I am using quite a few 16 bit programs upgrading may be a   
    bit delayed.   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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