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   BOB KLAHN to ALAN ZISMAN   
   MS un-kills MSSE for   
   17 Jul 14 02:16:00   
   
    TW>> According to the latest Data XP still has 27% of the PC market.   
    TW>> That is good news because that makes it attractive for third party   
    TW>> Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware, and Firewall program producers to still support   
    TW>> Win XP   
      
    AZ> Other data suggests that of the 27% still using XP, some   
    AZ> 70% are in China - the vast majority pirated. These are   
      
    How do they track XP users pirating in China? And might that be   
    a Microsoft line to try harder to do away with XP?   
      
    AZ> users who have never paid for software and are unlikely to   
    AZ> start doing so now, making them an unlikely customer-base   
    AZ> for security software developers.   
      
    I suspect there is a lot more, but how do they record it?   
      
    Even people who have other systems may still use XP. I have a   
    desktop with Vista, I plan to experiment with Win 8 on. I have a   
    desktop and a laptop with XP.   
      
    Who knows what I have? Well, you do now.   
      
      
      
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