On Jun 29, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
Reading between the lines: updates are complicated. …[M]any of the Windows operating systems are not direct purchases – these methods do not allow upgrade.
i.e. virtually all copies of IE6 are pirated.
There are also concerns in China about U.S.-government back doors into later versions of I.E.
http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-china-clash-over-windows-8-and-charges-of...
— Daniel