True enough, there is multum of win95 and98 machines with users who are happy with it. Many happy clueless chaps who don know how to update windows and don't care as long as they favourite app/game runs fine. The thought of installing new operating system gives them creeps and they are lost like a baby on most error messages.
Do you think people like that don't exist? Think again.
They are here to stay. They will be using their antiquated software as long as the hardware works. If they have some computer geek in the family, good for them. If not, the will be occasional call to the customer support and maybe something will get updated in the process.

Although you look those guys down and looks like you'd welcome come computer police to verify that everybody is running the latest software patch. Face it, it won't work. You can't force anybody to put over $100 (which they might not have) for new OS when they are quite happy with what they have.

Educate the youth and wait for attrition of non-cognoscenti. But in the meantime, let them be.

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