Half Of Businesses Still Use Windows 2000

bonch writes "An AssetMetrix study shows that half of business are still running Windows 2000 four years after the release of Windows XP, and that usage of Windows 2000 has only decreased by 4% since 2003. Microsoft will officially stop supporting Windows 2000 by the end of this month, offering one last update rollup later this year. Windows XP's slower adoption illustrates Microsoft's difficulty in competing with the popularity of its own software platform, and makes it more difficult for Microsoft to convince people to upgrade when Longhorn is released late next year."

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WinXP activation

[solomonrex]

I just bought a new laptop and I thought it was so corny. I have a wireless network, network cables, RoadRunner cable internet, but I have to plug into a phone line to activate? What happens when I switch to cell phones - or lose my telephone cables? I guess I pull out my copy of Win2k, that's what.