Not fucking likely, piratePenguin. Their stranglehold on the computer market will make sure that the failure of their OSs will never be, because they will force software companies to promote and sell their systems only and no other operating systems, AND to send their software to the top ranks in all the places they can get their arses over to.
Users of Windows who don't know about Microsoft's evil tactics or the basic ins and outs of computing think that their brags about their OSs are true because of this, and this is why many computer illiterates will always believe that if a computer or operating system is not new, it is 'out-of-date'. Adding to this is the fact that many computer-illiterate people think that Microsoft's newer systems are faster, more secure, and so on, half because of the fact that they don't even know what sodding hardware they've got, and because they are led to believe that new = better, faster, and more secure - and as we've all seen this is not the case.
Check out the thread 'You know what pisses me off?' in The Moron Zone for more examples of complete computer illiteracy. I personally don't believe in a machine being out of date - what's the point of throwing out a perfectly good machine just because you've had it for a few years?
"Ooh, look! A new Windows system hasbeen released! Better buy a new computer."
It seems just a shame that a few people do not even know that OSs other than Windows exist, and that they can still use their older machine even if the new version of Windows will not run on it, because they can simply use older or different systems, right? It's only true, though many just buy new computers for the sake of it.
You wouldn't chuck out your car just because it got too old, would ya? Exactly.
