Extend Minimum Windows XP, The Irish Government Willing Pay 53 Billion Dollar to Microsoft

Extend Minimum Windows XP, the Irish Government Willing Pay 53 Billion Dollar to Microsoft | Windows XP system has been officially will not obtain regular updates from Microsoft started 8 April 2014. It also makes a lot of parties dither and hope that Microsoft extend the life of the operating system. This blog about Information Technology and The Latest Gadgets.

One is the Irish government. They also say that there is not enough time untu use other Windows OS. Instead, they asked Microsoft to provide more support for long.

Microsoft also agreed to a request from the Irish government. The approval must not be given freely. The Irish government had to pay money worth 4.5 million USD, equivalent to 53 billion dollars Microsot.

By doing so, Windows XP computers belonging to the Irish Government was going to keep getting updates from Microsoft. However, the agreement between the two sides lasted for only 12 months. So, the Irish Government will be able to use his Windows XP computer safely until April 2015.

At first, Microsoft requested a fee of 19.4 million USD or about 330 billion USD for a period of 12 months. However, after a process of negotiation, Microsoft would lower it to 53 billion dollars.

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