anuseems Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) Public sector bodies will be thrown a lifelineFrom V3:According to V3 sister title CRN, the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) and Microsoft are finalising an agreement to provide a further year of support. This would mean government organisations are protected until April 2015, instead of 8 April 2014.CRN has seen an email sent by the Cabinet Office to public sector bodies advising them that they will have the chance to buy extended support for Windows XP as part of a deal Microsoft is due to strike with the CCS.http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2337366/microsoft-to-unveil-one-year-windows-xp-support-package Edited April 1, 2014 by anuseems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastershake Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 imo this is getting ridiculous. either kill it or let it live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 imo this is getting ridiculous. either kill it or let it live.It's a painful & torturous death - brings to mind the infamous Chinese Torture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDistortions Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Wow, didn't see that one coming.. :towel:Seems MS has a soft spot for governments. While the government shouldn't be left without protection MS should have left XP to die. If you let one person get XP support they should give everyone XP support. But in the end MS wants Xp gone, so they should have denied the request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Here are 2 salient points mentioned clearly in that article:--The extended support does not refer to general Users (like you and me) andThe package is not free it needs to be bought - now, why would anyone?This would mean government organisations are protected until April 2015, instead of 8 April 2014.CRN has seen an email sent by the Cabinet Office to public sector bodies advising them that they will have the chance to buy extended support for Windows XP as part of a deal Microsoft is due to strike with the CCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) . Edited April 28, 2019 by CODYQX4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) Public sector bodies will be thrown a lifelineI can bet a lot of those Public Sector folks are gonna be registering themselves, at nSane and MDL - rather than spend pinched pennies on a 3rd rate OS, like XP. :lol: Edited April 2, 2014 by dcs18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) . Edited April 28, 2019 by CODYQX4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteam Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 So it's Windows XP really gonna die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 So it's Windows XP really gonna die?Oh no, it won't, it can't . . . . . . . . . . XP is immortal - it will live forever.It's legacy will imprint it's eXPression upon my patriotic heart with indelible ink for all times to come.I shall narrate the XP fable to my; nipple-sucking great grand children and their descendants - those ugly touch-screening brats shall I straddle across my knobbly lap as we sing of the glories of XPeeeeee.I shall ensure that the eeeeeeX-P of yesterday, today & tomorrow leaves my audience enthralled & spell bound - they shall clutch at their left breasts when the XP anthem ensues from my sentimental lips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiPirate Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) So it's Windows XP really gonna die?Yes, don't know when but your question made someone crazy here. Edited April 4, 2014 by DesiPirate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteam Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Hehehe maybe.... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDistortions Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) Haha, eX Pee :tehe: Edited April 4, 2014 by MidnightDistortions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I guess it's not a lot of work for MS because they still have to support XP embedded until 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiPirate Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) I guess it's not a lot of work for MS because they still have to support XP embedded until 2016Windows embedded POSReady 2009 based on Xp pro is supported upto 2019.edit:Windows embedded POSReady 2009 Edited April 24, 2014 by DesiPirate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I guess it's not a lot of work for MS because they still have to support XP embedded until 2016Windows embedded POSReady 2009 based on Xp pro is supported upto 2019.Did Microsoft have some evil intent in using that POS short-form. :think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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