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To: dayglored

Microsoft could charge a modest yearly fee to maintain security on older OS systems and yet still sell enough newer OS system computers for profits. Leftist greedy tasbards.


5 posted on 10/10/2017 7:50:35 PM PDT by tflabo
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To: tflabo
> Microsoft could charge a modest yearly fee to maintain security on older OS systems and yet still sell enough newer OS system computers for profits. Leftist greedy tasbards.

Oh, they already do that. If you're a large enough customer (think 1000s of installed machines) you can pay Microsoft to give you patches for everything back to and including WinXP.

That was demonstrated within the past year when Microsoft was able to release an emergency patch for WinXP with zero delay -- they already had developed it for their "paying" customers.

7 posted on 10/10/2017 8:08:29 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: tflabo

They’ve already GOT that money, now their only interest is getting you to buy again.


13 posted on 10/10/2017 8:20:54 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Smoke does not mean fire when someone threw a smoke grenade.)
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To: tflabo

I wonder what a Model-T would look like now under such a program?


19 posted on 10/10/2017 8:40:58 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z)
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