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The real reason Russia wants XP to remain
My guess is that the Russians are attempting to keep the older, less secure operating systems around as they have spent a great deal of time and money learning to hack those systems. Heaven forbid if we were all forced to purchase the more secure Vista/Windows7, as XP is not availiable.

But why stop at Microsoft?

Apple would be next, as they have phased out various versions of their operating system over the years.

And old versions of Linux, too.

That would certainly hurt their country, no longer being able to see data on somebody else's computer network.



Posted by: GuidingLight   Posted on: 06/04/09  (Edited: 06/04/2009 @ 11:30) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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The real reason Russia wants XP to remain  GuidingLight | 06/04/09
She needs to verify.  TripleII | 06/04/09
Not really  aureolin@... | 06/05/09
I have a flying saucer for sale  UAC nanny screen | 06/08/09
THats ignorant  not of this world | 06/04/09
uggh?  jdbukis@... | 06/04/09
Russia & Windows  Christian_<>< | 06/04/09
Typical  frgough | 06/04/09
the Russians are after the $$$  Linux Geek | 06/04/09
Uh Oh. That's not good.  no_zd_user_name | 06/04/09
i have a question about the EU lawsuit  NoThomas | 06/04/09
I would imagine they would not have to pay  GuidingLight | 06/04/09
Thats kinda my point..  NoThomas | 06/04/09
Charging for browsers ...  bkshort@... | 06/05/09
Lost in translation.  kozmcrae | 06/04/09
Antitrust/MS, and NO NoAxe? Huh?  nizuse | 06/04/09
Glad to know you do nothing but wait on my posts.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/04/09
RE: Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availability  dougbeer | 06/04/09
BTW, "???!" means "Attack!" in Russian (dog command) happy  fcdenton666 | 06/04/09
They still selling XP in Russia??  NoThomas | 06/04/09
What is meant...  fcdenton666 | 06/04/09
Russia has anti monopoly laws?!?!  animemaster | 06/04/09
BS  Xentrax | 06/04/09
Of course Russia has antitrust laws  frgough | 06/04/09
Russia - home of malware?  ejhonda | 06/04/09
Lets see  NStalnecker | 06/04/09
Come on, you can't "stop" making a product now?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/04/09
Different country, different Anti-trust rules.  B.O.F.H. | 06/04/09
re: Different country, different Anti-trust rules.  M.R. Kennedy | 06/04/09
Red Flag lol  fcdenton666 | 06/04/09
re: Red Flag lol  M.R. Kennedy | 06/06/09
Adding a 6th Anti-Trust case is probubly not good.  B.O.F.H. | 06/05/09
@ B.O.F.H.  M.R. Kennedy | 06/06/09
Lqand the Pirates and Hackers is upset? Who cares?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/04/09
China has the highest piracy rate, followed by India...  HypnoToad72 | 06/04/09
Ah - yep he's here  nizuse | 06/04/09
No_Ax, what gives?  MGP2 | 06/04/09
Hey that's a good idea.  nizuse | 06/04/09
Then how'd you get caught up in my alleged fishing net?  MGP2 | 06/04/09
Hey no need to get irritated  nizuse | 06/04/09
Ever take your own advice?  MGP2 | 06/05/09
Bingo!  Ole Man | 06/05/09
Et tu, Geritolis?  MGP2 | 06/05/09
Kind of funny  dfolk2 | 06/04/09
RE: Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availability  S.Howard-Sarin ZDNet Moderator | 06/04/09
Apple and Mac OS X application maker should be sued too  GraphiteCube | 06/04/09
Well then, why don't you whip off down to...  zkiwi | 06/05/09
M$ the Hapless Cash Cow?  jacsas | 06/05/09
I wouldn't want those guys after me!  pikeman666 | 06/05/09
As Russians say...  fcdenton666 | 06/07/09

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