Even tech giants have their good sides. Microsoft demonstrated this by adopting the North American tradition of celebrating Christmas with, among other things, the ugliest Christmas sweater possible.

This year at Microsoft they had the opportunity to: A tribute to Windows XP and the famous desktop wallpaper ‘Bliss’, said to be the most viewed photograph in history.

In the official announcement, Microsoft stated that these sweaters would be available in limited quantities, and the truth is that the success of this clothing, priced at 64.95 euros in the Xbox store, was phenomenal: At this writing, all sizes except 2XL and 3XL are sold out.

The product’s own website is a “terrible” tribute to Windows XP It’s already an outdated interface but for many it probably still has a special appeal.

Proceeds from sales, meanwhile, go to ‘The Nature Conservancy’, an NGO dedicated to “protecting the lands and waters on which all life depends.”

So it’s a good cause and a tribute to this legendary version of Windows. What’s interesting is that 22 years after its release, the long-lived Windows still has a small market share (0.33%) on active Windows versions. Here is an extraordinary situation: its share in Armenia is extraordinary, and according to StatCounter Global Stats, in October 2023 the share of use in this country was 76.06%.

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