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im not american. i heard about this website and was curious if other Nations also have such a Statistic.

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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Sorry, but I'm more curious at the Windows 2000 with 1%, which is more than win 7 and 8?! XP isn't even listed, so I am pretty confused by that stat.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if it's got something to do with some sort of old, out-of-date software that only runs on 2000.

[–] Sproutling@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Some lab and manufacturing equipment are still stuck on incredibly old versions of Windows. However, the thought of those machines still touching the Internet to the point where it can be counted by these statistics is honestly terrifying.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Absolutely. Honestly it might be safe simply because people have stopped writing malware for it

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 days ago

Fun fact: I have visited a US state prison whose systems were running windows vista and 98