OF COURSE, IT'S ABOUT MICROSOFT
Stats of late show that Windows 8 has a very small market share (under 4% I believe), while Windows 7 is growing and currently at-or-about 17%, and the bane of Microsoft's existence has been Windows XP, which I think is still used on 40% of the computers in the world. They've tried this, they've tried that, but Microsoft can't seem to kill it off.
In the first quarter of next year (March?) all support for XP ends. That means no security patches for I.E.8 or the OS itself. This has been known for awhile.
As of late I've been reading about how XP computers will be a "Hackers Haven" after the support ends because they can they attack a variety of exploits that will remain unpatched [ed. - are you still with me?].
So if the "stats" remain about the same what could Microsoft do? Easy. Just before the support ends they can push down the last security patches that XP will ever see, adding so many holes in the OS that users will leap to the next OS like rats jumping off a burning ship as their computers continue to be infected. The end result: 0% XP computers and Microsoft is suddenly selling the latest OS like hotcakes.
Creepy thought...
'Nuff Said,
Brian
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