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While clearly it's not ideal for them to be using XP wasn't the British government one of the purchasers of extended XP support? Has that ended now?
by JamesBaxter 9y ago
While clearly it's not ideal for them to be using XP wasn't the British government one of the purchasers of extended XP support? Has that ended now?
- EvilGrin 9y agoYes that ended in April 2015. The then Government decided to end the contract under the guises of austerity. https://governmenttechnology.blog.gov.uk/2015/05/22/update-on-the-customer-support-agreement-for-windows-xp/ https://governmenttechnology.blog.gov.uk/2015/05/22/update-o... I don't think it work out as a cost effective saving of course, as the NHS was badly hit by WannaCry as we all know.
- tr1ck5t3r 9y agoMaybe theres less MS telemetry in Windows XP, unlike the windows 10 telemetry which has been back ported to windows 7, besides you can also change windows drivers quite easily to run on other versions of windows, and lets face it, how hard will it be to hack a satellite linked floating steel box? Perhaps the UK Govt has some IDS/IPS set up on the satellite link? Or when looking at how little of the MS Windows core has changed over the years think wannacry & SMB v1 despite rebranding and new layers like dot net added to keep people busy using a different method to code a result, I sometimes wonder if all these different versions are just an exercise in keeping people indoors out of harms way.