Microsoft continues to urge people to dump Windows XP as it preps to end support for the operating system next month, but the 13-year-old OS refuses to go away quietly.
XP's cut among desktop operating systems actually rose slightly the past two months, according to the latest Web traffic numbers from market tracker Net Applications. In February, XP's share inched up to 29.5 percent from 29.3 percent in January and 28.9 percent in December.
Of course, those are minor increases, a possible blip in XP's long-term decline. Just two years ago, XP was still the dominant desktop OS with a 46 percent share, according to Net Applications. A year later, that number had dropped to 39 percent before falling to the most recent figures.
A share of almost 30 percent still leaves a hefty number of XP diehards among the more than 1 billion Windows PCs worldwide.
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