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Story: PC makers find ways to extend XP's life
The power of being a monopoly!
This is what happens when there's no strong competition in the market. In what other scenario could one company (Microsoft) tell another almost it's equal (HP) what to do?
In all other aspects of life, you're free to buy an older version, take mobile phones for example; I can still buy a Nokia from 2 years ago because Nokia knows if they turn their backs on a certain group of consumers, one of their competitors will pick it up.
Microsoft on the other hand enjoy a near monopoly in desktop computing, thus they have the luxury to impose deadlines!
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