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Exactly why so many businesses still depend on it.
I think there's money to be made here, if there's someone smart enough to pull it off. First, decompile the POS and create a baseline source code repository. Then start analyzing its behavior and methods until one becomes an expert in the internal workings of the code. Create a service to continue to maintain and upgrade and thwart hacking attempts against the XP core and market it aggressively and at a price point just below the cost of replacing an existing system with a modern one. Early retirement is within your grasp if you can pull this off.
When I embarked on the Peacekeeper ICBM Program we sought and received the assurance from HP that the 21MX series minicomputers would be supported throughout the life cycle of the entire missile program, which they promptly provided. We, in turn, bought many $100 millions in 21MX type minicomputers to operate the system, then were informed after about three years that the company had changed their policy, and henceforth no support or spares would be available for this series in the future. At that time all system support and spares were based at Hill AFB in Utah. A couple of technicians quietly bought up all the scrapped parts and internal circuit boards they could find for these soon-to-be obsolete computers, then retired from the Air Force. At retirement, they were the sole source for repair services and parts in the US for this series of computers, and the DoD had billion$ invested in obsolete equipment that needed service only they could provide. I wish I'd thought of that...
If you can figure a way to do something similar to continue support for XP, you'll not only be doing a great service for the world economy, but assuring yourself a secure retirement, as well.
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Roger Wright wrote: Exactly why so many businesses still depend on it.
Not necessarily because it is good, but because of the cost of upgrading to a newer operating system.
If the organization is unionized then any change to the environment means that training needs to be given to all employees. One cannot expect a union worker to take it upon themselves to learn anything on their own. 
Even going from one office release to another entails training for each employee, a costly process for limited rewards. 
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XP was a great O/S. It worked the way it should and was a major improvement on the likes of Windows 95/98 bring the stability of Windows NT to the masses. I am still happily running it on several "internal only" duty machines.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Cough, Cought, I still have and use a Win 2000 machine (mostly for running old bits of embedded software that won't run anything newer), man you could throw rocks at it and wouldn't crash. 
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Emphasis on *was*. It was a major improvement on 9x in stability and 2k in compatibility with consumer software; but it dating to before MS was serious about security showed in it having infection rates about 2x as high as vista and 3x as high as w7. It's long since overstayed its welcome. Good riddance.
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Quote: It's long since overstayed its welcome. Good riddance.
Obviously, other opinions may differ (including mine).
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Really? One of the most used and probably most loved tolerated OS gets this?
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Its going to be a few years before I actually see the back of it as we have legacy systems that won't work on Win7.
So I have to still help support 55 XP machines as we (IT Dept have Win7).
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... looks round and about ...
Nope. No earth-shattering kaboom.
- posted from a Windows XP machine running Internet Explorer 8.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I kind of feel sorry for your ex-girlfriends. 
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All in all, I find XP to be the most stable version of Windows in my experience.
I have equipment and software (that I spent more on than the wife thinks I should have) that runs better on XP for recording music Also the XP drivers are more stable for the multichanneel audio IO. The system is optimized for recording and has worked flawlessly for years. Of course part of the optimization is turning off all networking services and running without AV.
Since it is a stand-alone system I should not have to be concerned about security issues. That, and I have it imaged so if for any reason, or for hard drive upgrades I can simply replace the image and be ready to go in short order.
I'm sad to see it go. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Hi Buddies,
I'm from Brazil and my fiancee moved to Germany to study by a government program for one year and a half.
I'm looking for companies that would accept me working from home that will give me flexibility to stay with her in germany, in Aachen especifically.
If you guys now how to help me in someway, I would really appreciate.
My CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/53dtl4ckqzgpb81/ACAZ_EN.pdf[^]
Thank you guys.
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I wish could work from home!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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as opposed to your boss wishing you'd work at work?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Why would you want to work from home ? Getting a job in a foreign country is not easy, so starting right away with such constraints will not help you much...
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I think he meant "Work from Germany for a Brazilian company or work for a German company [but not from home]"
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I tried some companies, but almost all ask me for a visa and I don't have one. As I'm a Brazilian, I can stay only for three months in a european country  with a tourist visa.
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Acaz Souza Pereira wrote: ask me for a visa and I don't have one
Try a mastercard !
Sorry.
Yeah, it indeed sucks: To get a visa you need work, and to get work, you need a visa...
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I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Acaz Souza Pereira wrote: ask me for a visa and I don't have one
If you don't have a visa, you can't work in Europe at all, from home or not.
If you are caught, the fines for the company are large, you will be deported, and banned from re-entering for a number of years.
This is why companies want a visa: if you haven't got one, they are in big trouble if they employ you in any capacity.
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Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Because of that, I thought that working from home for some company will be the best. I can travel to Germany stay for three months and after travel to some other country out of the schengen agreement and stay for more three months and get back to germany again and stay for more three months and so on.
Home-office here in Brazil is not very commom like are in others countries.
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No...if you have a tourist visa, you can't work. Period.
And immigration are used to the swap-countries-and-come-back idea: they will probably spot you and get rather unpleasant about the whole idea...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Are you 100% sure about that? Like, is the German law that restrictive?
He is actually travelling on vacation to stay with her and doing work for a company when necessary that is not from that place.
Otherwise people who travel abroad shouldn't even answer the phone. And I've been to other countries that was not an issue.
Just saying, each country may have different views of what is a work visa for..
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Have nothing to do with Germany per say. If you can work in EU it applies to all EU countries...
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Fair enough, 
But the idea still applies. You can replace Germany with EU in my last post.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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