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German authorities are waking up to a Windows 7 headache, with approximately €800,000 required in order to keep the elderly software supported a little longer.
Microsoft had long been warning users, both enterprises and individuals, that the end of support was nigh - 14 January - and made available various ways of keeping those updates flowing.
Alternatively there is always the option of a migration to Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) with three years of free-ish support (because, y'know, you still have to pay for those Azure resources).
Finally, customers that had ponied up the cash for an E5 subscription could also be entitled to an extra year of Windows 7 security updates, through to 2021 (assuming the subscription stays active).
Blighty's very own NHS is an example of just such an organisation, having splashed the cash for some E5 goodness.
The position in which the German government now finds itself might raise a wry smile somewhere in Seattle.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday January 25 2020, @08:26PM
LOL, I said something like that about the hockey puck mouse that came with my Mac G4 (given to me, wouldn't have paid for that thing.. pretty to look at, but embarrassingly low-end inside) ... one button because we can't count to two, and an 18 inch cord because if it were longer, we might wander away from the computer and get lost!
Mouse rewiring, now there's a market made for Macs :D Given that Hackintosh got a normal PC mouse, it's obviously done in software, and what can be done in software can be undone in software.... maybe it's their new way of forcing you to buy a Mac mouse...
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.