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marco:

I started using Windows 2000 when it was a remarkably stable beta, 10 years ago this month. The bank across the street still uses it on every PC. So do a lot of other corporate computers.

But that’s OK. Most PCs now run Windows XP, which is “only” 7.5 years old. (It came with Internet Explorer 6, which is also still in widespread use.)

Most people don’t keep cars for this long.

I’ve seen companies that still sticks to Windows98, mostly because they aren’t forced to upgrade the OS just for the software that they use. And some of that software, ie. accounting, printing, custom, etc. is seriously dusty and dated. They also figure if the Pentium they got still works, why try to fix it? Can be a pain to maintain those machines, and trying to convince the client it’s REALLY time to upgrade can sometimes be an uphill battle.