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Imagine that XP and Win7 where spun off to different companies and allowed to compete with Win10.

• walterbell 8y ago
  Would customers pay to install Windows 7 on new hardware? It is still available from some OEMs via downgrade rights for Windows 10.
  • brirec 8y ago
    Sure, but if your CPU is new enough it will disable Windows Update to entice you to use 10
  • EamonnMR 8y ago
    Corporate customers would stick with XP and/or 7 if they could.
• cptskippy 8y ago
  A fragmented market where those companies start making user requested enhancements that for the Win32 API and make development a nightmare?