[HLUG] The death of Windows Xp

[Steve Horsfield]

http://gu.com/p/3z8ae

But governments are still paying for XP support. In my experience that is
not simply because they still need so many XP devices in use. It is usually
because they have something specifically written for an ancient piece of
software e.g. a very old version of Internet Explorer like IE6.  The key
question is why do government departments run so many systems that were
deliberately written to run only in legacy software.

We could be forgiven for expecting that government procurement guidelines
should mandate standards and known emerging standards that obviate that
need.

Steve Horsfield


On 8 April 2014 07:22, Julian Robbins <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> As its the day when windows XP is finally killed off
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26919673, could someone in the group
> write a post on our website explaining that we are happy to help newcomers
> to Linux who have moved from Windows XP ?
>
> I've got to go to work in a moment so don't have time, but with all the
> publicity about this, it's a good time to have something relevant about how
> we can help those wanting to make a change ...
>
> Thanks
>
> Julian
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