Government signs £5.5m Microsoft deal to extend Windows XP support

[JantsoP]

 

The deal has been negotiated by the new Crown Commercial Service (CCS), set up within the Cabinet Office to act as a single public sector-wide purchasing and commercial operation. The extended support is available to all of central and local government, schools and the NHS.

 

Huh. Guess UK is not busy to upgrade from Win XP to new Windows versions. On Friday and Dutch magazine reports that Dutch goverment will continue support for XP since they bought support for it from microsoft

 

UK Source: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240217389/Government-signs-55m-Microsoft-deal-to-extend-Windows-XP-support

Dutch Source: http://webwereld.nl/beveiliging/82035-rijk-koopt-xpocalypse-af-via-extra-support-van-microsoft

 

Also lookked for double did not find anything

[Rorgash]

wtf...

[Tea1337]

Some things people just need to let go. 

[Derangel]

While this deal is good for those agencies they really should have gotten off their asses years ago and made plans for updating their systems.

[MasterJV]

Let it go, let it go. Don't hold XP back anymore!

Edit: Didn't think people would get the reference

[SpaceSquid]

if this keeps happening windows xp support will outlast vista and 7

[qwertywarrior]

move to linux come on

[Blue fellow]

Why not spend the money on upgrading? It's going to have to be done sometime anyway.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

wtf...

 

 

Some things people just need to let go. 

 

 

While this deal is good for those agencies they really should have gotten off their asses years ago and made plans for updating their systems.

 

 

Let it go, let it go. Don't hold XP back anymore!

 

 

It would cost a hell of a lot more than £5.5 million to overhaul their IT systems from XP to whatever newer version of Windows they pick. Probably hundreds of millions.

[MasterJV]

It would cost a hell of a lot more than £5.5 million to overhaul their IT systems from XP to whatever newer version of Windows they pick. Probably hundreds of millions.

Linux...

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

Why not spend the money on upgrading? It's going to have to be done sometime anyway.

Because they will still need support while they are upgrading. It isnt an overnight process.

[Derangel]

It would cost a hell of a lot more than £5.5 million to overhaul their IT systems from XP to whatever newer version of Windows they pick. Probably hundreds of millions.

 

This 5.5m only lasts a year and part of the requirement is for anyone that uses it to have an upgrade plan so all it's doing it delaying spending those hundreds of millions and adding another 5 million on to it. If they had actually had put together plans when Microsoft announced the EOL date for XP this wouldn't be a problem.

[Rorgash]

It would cost a hell of a lot more than £5.5 million to overhaul their IT systems from XP to whatever newer version of Windows they pick. Probably hundreds of millions.

 But linux is free if money is a issue

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

Linux...

Yes whatever.

 

It is still true that it would cost more money and time to upgrade than it would to pay £5.5 million for extended support while they switch. Linux could possibly cost more as they would need to train staff to use the new systems.

[rockking1379]

Because they will still need support while they are upgrading. It isnt an overnight process.

while that is very true, this is also a process that could have been done over the course of even the past year and been ready on time. they are simply being lazy with this.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

The ignorance in this thread is amazing.

[Derangel]

 But linux is free if money is a issue

 

The OS is free, that is the ONLY free part about it. You have to pay to get support from Linux companies, pay to train people on a completely different OS, pay for new software if what they use doesn't work, etc.

[MasterJV]

Yes whatever.

It is still true that it would cost more money and time to upgrade than it would to pay £5.5 million for extended support while they switch. Linux could possibly cost more as they would need to train staff to use the new systems.

I guess you got a point. Plus the cost of porting the software to Linux, and I'm pretty sure they are using ancient hardware so a upgrade would be nice

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

I guess you got a point. Plus the cost of porting the software to Linux, and I'm pretty sure they are using ancient hardware so a upgrade would be nice

Hardware is typically upgraded every 1 - 3 years. They lease  it on a 3 year depreciation cycle.

 

Every school that I know of here leases computers from companies like Viglen, RM or Dell. I dont see why a hospital or other government organisation would be any different.

[terrytek]

YAY!!! That means I won't have to upgrade all my PCs anymore. =^.^=

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

YAY!!! That means I won't have to upgrade all my PCs anymore. =^.^=

A government organisation has bought 1 year of support from microsoft. You wont get anything from it.

[Ex0Thermic]

FFS i know every hates change but XP out dated and if they really want to use microsoft OS then windows 7 is a very very nice OS. 
Most compays just need basic word, excel and database which are all available for free on most linux distro's.

That 5.5m could off got to much better use's like bio-fuels or better medical care, etc.

[flibberdipper]

My god, at least get Vista.

[Assassin]

Just use Ubuntu LTS already for fucks sake. 

[kuddlesworth9419]

Some things people just need to let go. 

Let go and grab W8. No thanks. The government made a wise choice in spending this money otherwise it would have cost much more to have upgraded every XP machine in the government's jurisdiction. Also XP was expensive so the UK govt wants to get every pennies worth back from M$.