https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/windows-xps-bliss-hill-is-on-this-years-ugly-microsoft-holiday-sweater/

Windows XP was an actively supported Microsoft product for 13 years, including five years where it was the newest version available and another three years where it was vastly more popular than its successor. That longevity—plus Microsoft's total domination of personal computing in the pre-iPhone, pre-Android world—helped make its default wallpaper one of the most recognizable images on the planet.