Windows XP’s share below 50% for first time in recorded history

Windows XP’s share below 50% for first time in recorded history: "Microsoft's old warhorse is finally showing signs of a quickening decline.

It’s time to pour something out and revel in some misty eyed nostalgia, because Windows XP is officially on the way out. According to Web statistics company Net Applications, XP finished July with less than half of the operating system market share for the first time since Net Applications began tracking OS usage.

Windows XP lost 1.3 percent of the market during July, ending with 49.8 percent in total. Which, when you think about it, is still pretty darn impressive for an OS that’s a decade old"