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    I’m Staying With Windows XP and Here’s Why!
    I’m Staying With Windows XP and Here’s Why!
    I’m Staying With Windows XP and Here’s Why!
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    I’m Staying With Windows XP and Here’s Why!

    By Paul Stevens

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    April 8, 2014. That;s when Microsoft ended support for that stalwart operating system, Windows XP. According to your l coal PC dealer, that means there are really bad guys lurking around dark corners to come and attack your poor little PC and steal your identity and other valuable information. such as passwords to porn sites...What what to do? Well, the wisdom belated out by countless blogs, is to rush off to your local PC dealer and splash out on new software and hardware which will guarantee you new problems for months to come. Well, I’m Staying With Windows XP and Here’s Why!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Stevens
    Release dateMay 4, 2014
    ISBN9781311148544
    I’m Staying With Windows XP and Here’s Why!
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    Paul Stevens

    There is a favorite line from my novella Dinner Party For Eight in which Angela asks Harry:“What do you think I am?”Harry considered this for a moment. What was she actually?“Well I suppose you are a very beautiful cook.”So if I have to answer the same question what am I actually? I would also need to consider this for a moment. I would like to say I’m an ex astronaut, have more degrees than a thermometer, have competed in the Tour de France without any EPO, surfed Teahupoo in Tahiti and emerged unscathed, sailed round the world, am an ace Alpine skier, am a member of Mensa, have a beauty queen wife and gorgeous kids, and started my own corporation which has listed on NASDAQ. I could go on but like Arnold Schwarzenegger I don’t want to boast.Well to be honest, I have gone some of the way towards all those things. I do have a letter from Wernher von Braun, I do have three degrees in Physics, I have flown in a jet plane (Emirates Air), I do cycle the mega steep hills here where I live but unfortunately can’t get EPO anywhere, I am a keen surfer who has almost managed to break his neck, I am an ocean going skipper and I did own my own yacht though if it was me I wouldn’t sail with me as captain, I do ski but you need to get out of the way, I do have a beautiful wife (though her agreeing to marry me has to be my biggest piece of luck ever) and two great kids, I do have my own software business but no stock exchanges alas and I would like to take the Mensa test but I’m pretty sure I would fail and then I wouldn’t be able to live with that so I would rather rationalize. I live in that sapphire city – Cape Town.

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      You know I’ve never been one to follow the pack. In fact, some obtuse characteristic in me prevents me from doing that. It’s actually quite hard or in fact very hard to do this. It’s much more comforting to be a sheep in a pack of sheep, even though the pack may be flinging themselves over the cliff. That’s probably an extreme example in the context of this article, as I’m sure there will be lot of readers who would infer that is I who is actually in the process of throwing myself over the cliff. But take the subprime madness of the last few years which led to an almighty financial crash. Every dog and his bone was on the bandwagon but how many had the gumption to bet against the flock? A pitiful handful and they made colossal fortunes. This is just by way of example. Yes, it’s really tough not to join the pack. This would mean I should rush out tomorrow to my local PC store and joining the throng who are busy lashing out ladles of cash on new hardware and software to ensure that their PC’s are oh so protected against the dark forces that are rallying out there to sabotage their systems, data and lives. Yes, your credit cards are going to get hacked, your identities are going to get stolen, your address list will

      get stolen and it’s all because Microsoft has ended support for Windows XP.

      Now, this is a very profitable strategy for Microsoft isn’t it? All those lovely upgrades to Windows 7 or 8, plus maybe new purchases of Office. And for the PC shops and dealers what a godsend! If only Microsoft would do this more often! Its virtually guaranteed money in the bank. Loot, by any meaning of the word!

      Well, like all XP users I’ve had to consider my options. I’ve been using my

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