If you look at the XP legacy problem that makes sense these days. If you want MS...

eddieroger · on March 10, 2017

Are you calling XP a snowflake? One of the most popular releases of Windows? There's nothing wrong with enterprises saying they wanted to stay on a version of Windows, just like there's nothing wrong with Microsoft saying they no longer want to support it, but that hardly makes XP a snowflake. Microsoft can certainly try to flip pricing to earn a profit, but they have to understand that it comes at the risk of alienating users.

scott_karana · on March 10, 2017

At some point, they probably decided it's worth the payoff to alienate users who are using a desktop OS from 2001 ;-)