Microsoft has been trying to convince Windows XP users to upgrade to the latest version of Window for many years by notifying them that Windows XP is 11 years old and the operating system is not secure anymore.
But in fact, this reason is not strong enough to convince Windows XP users to upgrade to Windows 8, because anti-virus companies are and will always be there to make the most vulnerable OS almost as secured as Windows 8 is.
Andy Trish, managing director of software reseller NCI Technologies told ITPro that end users are not going to upgrade just because Microsoft tells them to.
"The only thing that will force a [mass] change from XP will be if someone finds a security or operational hole that can't be plugged and affects the way they work. Anti-virus companies will still write cures for a virus that may affect XP, so that scare tactic won't work," he said.