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<blockquote data-quote="Venustus" data-source="post: 827063" data-attributes="member: 4295">There is a relatively old—though still fundamentally true—adage about Windows: Microsoft&#039;s biggest competition is Microsoft, as a specific subset of users (and businesses) only upgrade to the latest version of Windows kicking and screaming. According to <a href="https://www.spiceworks.com/marketing/network-security/pdf-report/" target="_blank">SpiceWorks&#039; Future of Network and Endpoint Security report</a>, published Tuesday, 32% of organizations still have at least one Windows XP device connected to their network, despite extended support for XP ending in 2014. (Notably, the last variant of XP, <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-xp-dies-final-death-as-embedded-posready-2009-reaches-end-of-life/" target="_blank">Windows POSReady 2009, reached end of life in April 2019</a> .) <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/its-2019-and-one-third-of-businesses-still-have-active-windows-xp-deployments/" target="_blank">Article</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Venustus, post: 827063, member: 4295"] [I]There is a relatively old—though still fundamentally true—adage about Windows: Microsoft's biggest competition is [I]Microsoft[/I], as a specific subset of users (and businesses) only upgrade to the latest version of Windows kicking and screaming. According to [URL='https://www.spiceworks.com/marketing/network-security/pdf-report/']SpiceWorks' Future of Network and Endpoint Security report[/URL], published Tuesday, 32% of organizations still have at least one Windows XP device connected to their network, despite extended support for XP ending in 2014. (Notably, the last variant of XP, [URL='https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-xp-dies-final-death-as-embedded-posready-2009-reaches-end-of-life/']Windows POSReady 2009, reached end of life in April 2019[/URL] .) [/I] [URL='https://www.techrepublic.com/article/its-2019-and-one-third-of-businesses-still-have-active-windows-xp-deployments/']Article[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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