Go back and re-read my post that caused your questions. It was all from the point of view of the seller and I even pointed out places where mistakes were made. You also need to keep in mind that what's right for one buyer may not be right for every buyer.

>Mustn't get into that sort of habit- what benefits the seller is what matters. ;-)
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And many others are dropping XP because it's not secure.


>Many customers hear "la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la." They already have firewalls and hardened working XP setups. Some are moving to hardened Windows 7 environments because of driver breakage. Besides, if security really were the prime concern they'd all be using Linux Mint or something like that.
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IE won't ever support HTML5 and CSS3 on XP. Changing browsers won't solve other security issues with XP. There is not such thing as 100% secure, even with hardened firewalls and networks, things can get through. When connected to such a network, you may be more secure, but what about those employees who take a laptop home and connect to their home network or travel and connect to hotel networks?

>If MS decides not to alow HTML5 and CSS3 on XP, customers either will choose a different browser or will say they don't care. But upgrading to Win8? To many that would feel like putting your head back into a noose held invitingly open by a vendor who wants you to commit to a new product because it broke the old one on purpose.