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Creaky Operating Systems Form IT Foundations

Posted by Zonk on from the *shudder* dept.

maotx writes "The Washington Post has an article on how aging operating systems are still widely used. The article states that "The research firm IDC estimates that of the roughly 514 million paid-for copies of Windows on desktops and laptops worldwide at the end of 2004, almost 21 percent were the aging Win 95, 98 and Millennium Edition releases." That equates to around 108 million copies being used."

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  1. ha haaa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    --nelson

  2. yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!

    1. Re:yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      you fail it big time!

      props to the real first poster!

  3. Re:They're talking about Windows 95... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, most of us are tired of the jokes. For whatever reason, though, there are always the fucktards who decide they'll mod up the same God damned garbage they've seen other people mod up. They're the type of people who follow the herd in a pathetic attempt to feel cool.