Old Machines and XP for Linux(not really a D topic)

[MattCoder]

On Friday, 28 February 2014 at 18:04:44 UTC, Steve Teale wrote:
> I was being semi-sarcastic, since as far as I'm concerned, 
> Windows could die tomorrow. What I said was that Microsoft 
> might be doing themselves a favour in the long term if ...

I understand your point but I don't see this happening anytime
soon. Because how Microsoft will tell to their inverstors (and
hardware vendors) that they will continue provide XP (or somewhat
equivalent) instead of forcing sales of the new Windows?

Matheus.