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Microsoft Ends Support for Windows XP

posted by n1 on Wednesday April 09 2014, @10:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the have-things-really-improved dept.

SuperCharlie writes:

Yesterday Microsoft ended support for Windows XP. While many users and even businesses continue to cling to the venerable OS there will be no further security updates and even with active anti-virus and malware protection, many users will be left unsecure reports the LA Times and various other news outlets.

There are some exceptions for the right customers.

The UK and Dutch governments have paid Microsoft multiple millions to extend support for Windows XP past the 8 April cutoff date.

The UK extension cost £5.5m but is only valid for a year, after which public-sector users will have to be moved to newer software.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday April 09 2014, @01:37PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 09 2014, @01:37PM (#28766) Journal
    Because... an army person need not to be right as long it is damned sure and determined (pretty much like the majority of geeks which feel the urge to be precise, relevancy being secondary).
    On a closer view, I don't think the chances for a nuclear incident caused by the use of windows are high: I suspect those instances are working mainly as embedded systems, never connected to the outside not even for a system upgrade (say... "water gapped" or something on this line)... but I might be wrong.
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