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《英文天天写》是沪江部落一档写作类节目，其目的在于提升大家的英语写作能力。每期节目主持人都会给出一个话题，积极参加的童鞋还会得到主持人的专业点评哦！想提高英语写作的童鞋千万不要错过哦！
背景介绍：
2014年4月8日，微软公司将正式停止对Windows XP和Office 2003的所有技术支持。一个XP的时代即将落幕。许多个人和公司对此表达了强烈的不满。在他们来看，XP真是一个完美的操作系统。微软此举皆在强迫消费者升级系统以赚取大把的钞票。
话题：
1、你还在使用Windows XP吗？你会升级操作系统吗？
2、你怎么看待商家这种行为？（停止支持老旧的软件来换取用户的升级）
范例1：
The Microsoft has finally announced the end of life support for Windows XP Operation System Service Pack 3 as well as their office 2003 at 8th, April, 2014. Analysts foresee that Microsoft will gain several millions by forcing its customers to update their systems. And the market share of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 will see a dramatic surge.
For personal users, Microsoft's announcement doesn't mean a lot, because they can update their systems or change it to another one like Linux. But for enterprise customers, it is an influential decision, which might involve million dollars of license fee and hours of hardworking on updating all their computers. However, for Microsoft, a commercial monopolist in computer system, it is a reasonable and understandable decision for many reasons.
Although it has been years after the release of Windows 7 and 8, Windows XP still has an unignorable market share, which is considered as a great obstacle for Microsoft's business. Besides, as a 13-year-old operation system, Windows XP, obviously, can hardly be entitled as ‘the future & advanced OS'. Its out-dated design makes it incompetent with daily challenges nowadays. Last but not least, every software has its own life-cycle. So does Windows XP. Keeping it alive, apparently, is not a wise strategy for Microsoft and not sustainable either. The company counts on its customers upgrading the old software and make money, after all.
Therefore, I don't think Microsoft is selfish by ending a 13-year-old OS and suggest people to upgrade to better ones. Maybe it's time to say goodbye to Windows XP and embrace the future.
范例2：
I find a forced upgrade of product rather annoying. A consumer should have the right to choose to continue using a product he or she bought. Of course, the forced upgrade is for business profit. Windows comes pre-installed on most desktops and laptops, and is the operating system used by most people, but there are always other options available, like a Mac OS or Linux. As mobile devices are becoming more and more popular, different operating systems on these devices are available. Consumers are presented with more choices, and perhaps more and more of them will start to choose open source software.
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发表于 2016-8-9 09:20:57