A handful of 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.
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Windows XP to Live On in China
Posted by: David Vranicar February 25, 2014 08:47 AMA handful of 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.