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In a recent scan round our client base of some 70 sites representing about 13000 desktops, we found that an estimated 28% of PCs were still running XP, the rest were Windows 7 apart from around 0.5% in Vista (we found 6 running Win2000 and 1 NT4 but that was a bit special). Not a single Windows 8 could be found.
They all run MS Office (Word) as part of our application. Just over half were Office 2003, about 5% used Office 2010 and the rest were Office 2007. Most of the XP users are wedded to XP and WILL NOT upgrade. Going so far as to run in VMs when the hardware expires.
So we're developing for MS Word 2003 on XP, as the lowest common denominator. Though, from a personal point of view, I do enjoy a nice bit of ARM coding, preferably in assembler on an M3.
Rob in the West Riding
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There was no option for virtual platforms (i.e. VM and portable languages). If I write an OS independent application in java then I am potentially targeting most of those OS's at the same time I'm not explicitly targeting any of them (just whatever ones support the needed JVM). Same could go for .Net, python, perl, etc.. as long as the software doesn't use/require any OS specific features.
While technically such an answer isn't an "OS", it could still show significant insight in "what" people are actually targeting, than assuming when checking [nearly] all of them means some implied preference(s) when it may not (especially in the aggregate of answers). And with "Other", that could be just unlisted OS's, or it could mean OS-neutral for some answers.
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I develop apps for android,windows desktop and windows phone.Found windows 8 there,but what about the later versions,especially 7? And you know,android 2.2 and 2.3 is still most installed android OS rather than 4.0, 
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ridoy wrote: And you know,android 2.2 and 2.3 is still most installed android OS rather than 4.0,
No it's not anymore. 4.1.x/4.2.x has as larger share now.
http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I don't develop against; I develop for. 
"What's with all these negative waves, Moriarty?" -- Oddball
modified 13-Aug-13 10:14am.
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It depends...
The universe always develope better users against the programmers  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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It always seem like against though... usually due to software bugs...
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What about other (much much older) windows distributions including DOS ... Regardless of how strange it sounds most ATMs in Bulgaria are based on Windows 95 and 99% of the government facilities are equipped with DOS... And that won't change in I guess a couple of decades
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And Windows XP still has more users than any other OS besides Windows 7 and Microsoft no longer supports. What really sucks is that framework 4.5 does not support windows xp.
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I think better choices for the Microsoft option would have included 32 and 64 bit Intel (plus maybe Win RT and HTC etc.)... That is a more important distinction than Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1.
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Harvey
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8 bit should be sufficient.
Sent from my BatComputer via HAL 9000 and M5
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I've hears of a guy in China that develops for 1 bit machines! 
It is a paradox that paradoxes would actually exist in reality.
That means of course that they don't exist.
However, they do!
∫(Edo )dx = Tzumer
∑k( this.Kid) k = this. ♥
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Must be a Spartan (ok, thats really a FPGA  )
Sent from my BatComputer via HAL 9000 and M5
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More bits more problems 
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Having done such things recently, I can confirm that there are things you need frequently, which are a little more awkward on an 8 bit processor. Like 16 bit or 32 bit math.
Sent from my BatComputer via HAL 9000 and M5
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Don't let facts get in the way of a good joke..
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Plan on picking back up embedded programming once I get all my house to-do list done!
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Very good! You will get to do all the stuff we are told that we don't have to do it anymore nowadays.
Sent from my BatComputer via HAL 9000 and M5
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The stuff we enjoy doing,
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Mike wrote: once I get all my house to-do list done
When's that?
It is a paradox that paradoxes would actually exist in reality.
That means of course that they don't exist.
However, they do!
∫(Edo )dx = Tzumer
∑k( this.Kid) k = this. ♥
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I'm beginning to wonder if it will ever end, I get one thing done two more things get added.
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Android 2.3.x is still a third of the installed base, and while it's down from 45% in January it's probably going to be at least another year before it withers away enough to be safely ignorable. Maybe longer; when I looked a month ago VZW still had 2.3.x phones in their free on contract lineup and I've seen the same blighting the bottom end of a number of prepaid carriers offerings as well. While the people buying them will probably be the least likely to use a lot of apps they're also the people least likely to upgrade their phone as rapidly as possible, so they'll be maintaining the long thin tail (2.2 is still 5% of the market down from 8% in January).
http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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It's not an OS but is basically what I see my self coding for in the future, for the Web.
For platform specific I think I'll only touch the Mobile platforms, Android and iOS.
Of course, Windows Services, Linux Daemons and small specific console/terminal apps will always be needed but in gross, I'm pushing a lot all be development to be web based.
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