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Japan Will Keep Windows XP on 200,000 Government PCs After Support Ends


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Windows XP support will come to an end on April 8, 2014, so Microsoft goes on with its typical campaign supposed to push encourage everyone to adopt a newer OS version.
The Japanese government, on the other hand, seems to have no other choice than stay with XP after support ends, mostly due to insufficient funds to deploy Windows 7 or Windows 8.
The Japan News is reporting that a survey conducted by Yomiuri Shimbun and involving 1,789 local institutions revealed that more than 200,000 computers will continue to run XP after the retirement date, with 28 percent of the respondents citing the lack of funds as the main reason.
At this point, Windows XP is said to be installed on more than 1.765 million computers operating by the Japanese government, so the transition to a newer platform is critical for the security of local data.
Upgrading the remaining 200,000 computers to Windows 7 or 8, on the other hand, is said to be very costly, with estimates pointing to an investment of $2.4 billion (€1.8 billion).




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Yes, Japanese Government is So stupid. I know.

that mean "Please hack our computers !" :rofl:

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Always knew those damned Japanese are smart :P Konnichiwa, my Japanese friend sans. :dance:

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Yes, Japanese Government is So stupid. I know.

that mean "Please hack our computers !" :rofl:

don't think so, government computers are not connected to public internet directly, generally them works on intranet only, and protected by local firewalls and restricted users accounts.

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that amny computers... no wonder why they will keep XP on them..they would not be able to take win7 or win8 so why buy that many all new computers in one shot

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They will probably write their own patches for any security holes they find.

Seems a bit expensive for 200,000 computers, that is $1200 per computer.

I only paid £75 for windows 64 bit when released, around $115.

Smells of Pigs at the troughs and those creaming off the top to me.

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japanese technology is awesome.. what ever decision they take in technology field will always be right...

Well they didn't do too well with the recent major flooding and prior to that a nuclear reactor going tits up!

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Insuficient funds my arse, its a complete lack of investment over several years thats the issue behind such problems.

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Insuficient funds my arse, its a complete lack of investment over several years thats the issue behind such problems.

Yeah, shout it loud fam!

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