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> User demand? You mean the people saying "develop and give us free updates forever because we don't want to pay you for Windows new edition"? Yep, those peopl
by Touche 13y ago
> User demand? You mean the people saying "develop and give us free updates forever because we don't want to pay you for Windows new edition"?
Yep, those people.
> So... where did Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 come from, if not "interest in developing Windows"?
Not developing the XP branch, that people are still interested in (as this article demonstrates).
- Guvante 13y agoIs anyone honestly using Windows XP because they don't like any of the more recent versions? Or do they just not want to pay? Customers not wanting to pay is not a good reason to open source your product.
- Touche 13y agoWhat about the goodwill among developers it would create? That worth nothing too?
- 6d0debc071 13y agoThey're already super-dominant. Diminishing returns on leverage, I'd imagine.
- Guvante 13y agoWindows made $6.37 billion profit in Q3 2012. Providing a way to get Windows without paying could potentially kill the cow which is worth unbelievable amounts of money.
- ams6110 13y agoIt's not that I don't like Windows 7, it just offers no additional value for the things I do with a computer.
- Guvante 13y agoTo be fair it is quite nice from a security standpoint. XKCD put it well - http://xkcd.com/694/ http://xkcd.com/694/
- vertex-four 13y agoSo why should they, as a profit-making company, open-source Windows XP and thus create a valid competitor to their existing products which actually do make them a profit?
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- bunderbunder 13y agoWindows Vista, 7, and 8 are all further developments in the XP branch. There's also the Windows Server branch, which is also being actively developed. The only branch that hasn't been developed is the one where Windows ME is the most recent version.