Nice rant, Mixture. Airship never intimated he'd be using XP for another 20 years unsupported.
Ironically we have onxy recommending we don't update to Windows 8.1. Are you going to give him a rev for that?
For the more-calm types here, my Dad copes with XP but it seems 8 would be a step too far. Would Windows 7 be an option for the next few years for him?