Today in international tech news: A group of Chinese tech companies are banding together to keep Windows XP alive.
Chinese Web companies are banding together to provide user support -- system upgrades, security services and the like -- to domestic users after Microsoft turns out the lights on Windows XP.
Microsoft announced that it's going to punt on Windows XP in early April. Alas, an estimated 25-plus percent of China's computers run on the operating system.
But fear not! Messaging service Tencent, search engine Sogou, software outfit Kingsort and a handful of others are stepping in to fill the void when Microsoft moves on.
As a sign of Windows XP's relevance in the Middle Kingdom, Beijing reportedly urged Microsoft to continue offering support for the increasingly archaic system. In an ambitious role reversal, China turned the tables on Microsoft and said that discontinuing sales of XP would push people toward piracy, something that Microsoft has pleaded with China to help prevent.
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It's good to know that Chinese companies will still make Windows XP safe, and stable even if Microsoft stops support.
Chinese Web companies are banding together to provide user support -- system upgrades, security services and the like -- to domestic users after Microsoft turns out the lights on Windows XP.
Microsoft announced that it's going to punt on Windows XP in early April. Alas, an estimated 25-plus percent of China's computers run on the operating system.
But fear not! Messaging service Tencent, search engine Sogou, software outfit Kingsort and a handful of others are stepping in to fill the void when Microsoft moves on.
As a sign of Windows XP's relevance in the Middle Kingdom, Beijing reportedly urged Microsoft to continue offering support for the increasingly archaic system. In an ambitious role reversal, China turned the tables on Microsoft and said that discontinuing sales of XP would push people toward piracy, something that Microsoft has pleaded with China to help prevent.
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It's good to know that Chinese companies will still make Windows XP safe, and stable even if Microsoft stops support.
