If China is any indication, XP users will end up paying not for the OS (pirate!) but for continuing support. I would laugh if some virus writers switched sides

If China is any indication, XP users will end up paying not for the OS (pirate!) but for continuing support. I would laugh if some virus writers switched sides and start offering up patches for XP. They may know the core OS better than the developers still working in Redmond by now.