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I heard the news last sunday that, Microsoft will stop supporting windows XP. Here's the full news.
So whats your reaction to this? Is it okay for you? :/
Spoiler:
Microsoft to stop support for Windows
XP on April 8, 2014
Microsoft's one of the most popular
operating system running desktop
computer systems, will stop getting
any support from the company after April 2014.
"Support for Windows XP is ending on
April 8, 2014. There's no better time
than now to get a new Windows 8.1
PC", says the Redmond giant. This
means the company will no more provide technical assistance for
Windows XP, there will be no
automatic updates to help protect
the PC.
The Win XP is almost a decade old
software, and is very popular because of its simple user interface, easy
multiple windows handing feature
and utility applications. The company
now requests users to upgrade it to
Windows 8.1 to avoid vulnerabilities
due to security risks and viruses. In India that Windows XP still has a
penetration of 40-70 percent (34115
Indian PSU bank branches) within the
banking and psu sector as per a
study conducted by Ascentius
Consulting. This report titled "Strategic Impact of End of Support of
Windows XP on Banks in India", says
that banks could see a loss of income
to the tune of Rs. 300 Crore over a
period of 3 days – given that it takes
that long for a major incident to be resolved and the system to be up and
functioning normally, reports
ComputerWorld.
According to a news in a leading
Indian newspaper, 52 per cent of
computers in banks, 30 per cent in government offices, 26 per cent in
manufacturing companies and 26 per
cent in software firms run this
operating system, Microsoft sources
inform. This move will impact these
offices much harder than others. Amrish Goyal, General Manager,
Windows Business Group, Microsoft
Corporation (India) have said, "with
100 days left, the security threat is
going to get worse [for the un-
supported OS users]." For those who are on this old version
of operating system, they need to
shift to the new OS soon. We will
bring you how can you shift to this.
XP on April 8, 2014
Microsoft's one of the most popular
operating system running desktop
computer systems, will stop getting
any support from the company after April 2014.
"Support for Windows XP is ending on
April 8, 2014. There's no better time
than now to get a new Windows 8.1
PC", says the Redmond giant. This
means the company will no more provide technical assistance for
Windows XP, there will be no
automatic updates to help protect
the PC.
The Win XP is almost a decade old
software, and is very popular because of its simple user interface, easy
multiple windows handing feature
and utility applications. The company
now requests users to upgrade it to
Windows 8.1 to avoid vulnerabilities
due to security risks and viruses. In India that Windows XP still has a
penetration of 40-70 percent (34115
Indian PSU bank branches) within the
banking and psu sector as per a
study conducted by Ascentius
Consulting. This report titled "Strategic Impact of End of Support of
Windows XP on Banks in India", says
that banks could see a loss of income
to the tune of Rs. 300 Crore over a
period of 3 days – given that it takes
that long for a major incident to be resolved and the system to be up and
functioning normally, reports
ComputerWorld.
According to a news in a leading
Indian newspaper, 52 per cent of
computers in banks, 30 per cent in government offices, 26 per cent in
manufacturing companies and 26 per
cent in software firms run this
operating system, Microsoft sources
inform. This move will impact these
offices much harder than others. Amrish Goyal, General Manager,
Windows Business Group, Microsoft
Corporation (India) have said, "with
100 days left, the security threat is
going to get worse [for the un-
supported OS users]." For those who are on this old version
of operating system, they need to
shift to the new OS soon. We will
bring you how can you shift to this.
So whats your reaction to this? Is it okay for you? :/
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