Most people who are on XP are either on it because they are stubborn sticks-in-the-mud who like XP and think anything newer than XP is crap, or they are on it because their computer still works and they don't know what OS they have let alone why it's an issue.

You folks on here say "just upgrade to linux!" but there are people out there who don't know what an operating system IS, they don't know the difference between an operating system and a web browser. All they know is to click on the E icon to play hearts on yahoo and click on the envelope icon to see pictures of little Timmy.

I don't know how MS would successfully communicate the concept of subscribing to an extended XP support contract to these people. They won't understand.

Microsoft are really in a bind on this and it could really be a disaster. I have been moving people to 7 as much as possible.

Thankfully many PCs from the XP era have died due to the cheap capacitor issue.

The IT manager here is one of the sticks in the mud and he purposefully has many computers here still on XP and has been putting XP on new machines. Even in the last 6 months. Intentionally. He will buy new PC hardware that can still run with XP and put XP on it.

I know of IT professionals who were putting copies of 98 on machines well into the tenure of XP because "it's just better" and they thought they were smart and clever for doing so.

very insightful

Yeah, no "uploading" just streaming. Get what you want, no strings attached. Video on demand is the future. Broadcast is dead.

Now quietly go away and never mention "the new pirate tubes like viooz" again. They don't exist, you hear me? There is no such thing. Ssshhh. (looks over shoulder)

Yes.

Note to self-

Don't keep all your crypto on the exchange.

Oh. Wait. I already don't do that.

But the thing is, if this was a popular enough exchange, even if every user just keep a minimal amount of coin on the exchange, if the operators skip town with the coin it still has a big payoff.

But you know there were a lot of people with major amount of coin on there.

And for another example look at obamacare healthcare.gov

So they were looking for some high school kid who could code?

I thought their NSA backup idea was pretty good.

Forget Mozey or Carbonite - Get “NSABackup!”

"NSABackup - we’re always watching!"

"NSABackp - We’re looking out for Terrorists! And your data Too!"

"NSABackup - you’re ok with it, otherwise you’re not patriotic!"

"NSABackup - Because of Osama Bin Laden, you’ll never lose your resume if your computer crashes!"

"NSABackup, why not, you’re paying for it anyway!"

"NSABackup - it’s for your own good! And the good of the country!"

"NSABackup - what do you have to hide anyway?"

"NSABackup - preventing terrorist strikes and data loss since 2001"

"NSABackup - They had your back even when you didn’t know about it!"

"NSABackup - For when your data integrity is more important than your privacy!"

Not in quickbooks.

At least not in the version I have...

good point...

and ...

whoosh!

At the very least it warrants a "YOU HAD ONE JOB" meme pic featuring a xerox copier.

This is informative.

Don't laugh, you can't know 100% that isn't the case. Not any more.

There are a lot of companies out there that are looking for ANY way to cut costs. They are skating along, still in business, but any place to save a dollar or two or ten thousand - they will do it now just to get by. They are in a long-term pinch not a sudden drop out.

I predict with 100% made up certainty that in THIS climate, more so than any other, there will be many businesses of all sizes absolutely DITCH microsoft. There will be companies move to open office, or the like, in droves.

IT people know about it, IT people have no love lost of MS office, and with tight budgets and a scrappy, aggressive attitude, decision makers will say "why not. And, look into linux while we're at it. This windows 8 BS is the last straw I still remember vista"

I know it may be a stupid question, but how many of these cloud storage providers are re-packaging amazon?

Better off going to the source directly, so that you're the one screwing up the implementation of the amazon cloud storage, not a third party.

Microsoft is just pissed that people don't need a computer any more for JUST internet or JUST email or JUST youtube and so on. The smart phone and the tablet have cut deeply into the fluff computer market. Microsoft is undoubtedly spazzing that they might slip back into the day where their only customer is the workstation consumer.

They also could have easily waited 2 years for windows 8 but they gambled because they HAD to try to get some of the mobile market back - or at least be present.