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Because this would allow these millions of people to continue using this fork of XP rather than eventually buying a MS operating system.

• Touche 13y ago
  But this is the attitude Microsoft needs to eliminate. The days of making money on operating systems is rapidly fading away. They already gave away Windows 8.1 as a free upgrade, so they're aware of it. An open source XP would get many hackers interested in Windows, something they desperately need.
  • mjolk 13y ago
    Citation needed. They are definitely making money on closed-source operating systems and operating system tools: http://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earnings/PressReleaseAndWebcast/FY12/Q2/default.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earn...
  • hifier 13y ago
    Umm, I don't buy Apple computers for their backlit keyboards...
  • tripzilch 13y ago
    > They already gave away Windows 8.1 as a free upgrade It wasn't free--it took a couple of hours of my time!