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Don't underestimate the number of desktops used in business enterprises. I'm currently developing a product in a Windows environment. We're trapped in Windows
by q845712 9y ago
Don't underestimate the number of desktops used in business enterprises.
I'm currently developing a product in a Windows environment. We're trapped in Windows for historical reasons- the first draft of the codebase 10 years ago was for Windows, and even just a few years later there was already too much momentum for the guys who tried to do a *nix port to make any headway.
I've been in meetings with business partners where we pushed for an upgrade to Win10, only to hear that they're so risk-averse to upgrading that some of their systems are still XP.
I do agree desktop OS feels like a race to the bottom- I can't believe, given the resources available on modern hardware, that windows 2000 remains my favorite MS OS, with both win7 and 10 unable to replicate its stability and core competency of being good at just running what I asked it to run.
However, I think offices and commercial applications are going to continue to lean heavily on desktop OS-es for decades to come.
- orf 9y ago> they're so risk-averse to upgrading that some of their systems are still XP. I'd say that's risk ignorant rather than risk adverse. I hope those XP systems are tightly locked away with no network access of any kind, but I doubt they are.
- sixothree 9y agoI've heard first-hand accounts of hospitals running XP as recently as a few months ago.