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IRS ... will pay Microsoft millions for Windows XP support
Engadget ^
| Apr 13, 2014
| Michael Gorman
Posted on 04/13/2014 1:44:21 AM PDT by dayglored
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The freakin' Federal Goomerbent will spend MILLIONS of TAX DOLLARS (some of which are YOURS and MINE) because they're a bunch of stinkin' procrastinators. Microsoft is of course happy to take those tax dollars.
But will they take YOUR or MY MONEY to continue support of our XP machines running critical business functions that can't be upgraded to Win7? OH, NO!! That would be bad, right, Microsoft??
FUIRS
FUMS
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posted on
04/13/2014 1:44:22 AM PDT
by
dayglored
To: ShadowAce; Swordmaker
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posted on
04/13/2014 1:46:31 AM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
But wait....That’s my money.
To: dayglored
Its a damned good operating system.
Microsoft is happy to take the money. After all the Feds know a good value when they see one.
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posted on
04/13/2014 1:48:11 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Sacajaweau
>
But wait....Thats my money. That's right! YOU ARE PAYING MICROSOFT FOR THE SECURITY UPDATES. AND YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO GET THEM.
Because you're paying through the IRS, the middleman.
GRRRR.
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posted on
04/13/2014 1:50:13 AM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
*nut job conspiracy/on*
it's a belated payment for the "backdoor access" to your XP OS/off
really agree, upgrade.
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posted on
04/13/2014 1:54:40 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: skinkinthegrass; null and void
>
*nut job conspiracy /on* -- it's a belated payment for the "backdoor access" to your XP OS -- /off You think you're kidding, don't you??
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:00:40 AM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
It would cost far less to do an enterprise installation of win se7en.
Or force them to use Surface Tablets as punishment for not preparing.
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:01:30 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: dayglored
short ans: no...of course; not.
it's a extensively used OS, so upgrade OS7.
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:04:44 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: Darksheare
I converted or rebuilt all my XP machines to Win 7 over a year ago. I happen to LOVE Win 7.
But I've got small business clients whose custom written business software applications, and in some cases mission critical tools no longer supported by the manufacturer, run on XP. They CANNOT be upgraded to Win7, and replacement or rewrite is prohibitively expensive. It would put them out of business.
Microsoft could make continuing support available at a reasonable cost -- they are already going to be developing and distributing the security updates. But they won't. That's inexcusably lame.
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:08:23 AM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:09:59 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: dayglored
Microsoft used to be in the target of Democrat politicians now after taking its campaign money these Democrats give Microsoft much taxpayer money.
Bill Gates leaned how to make the system work for him.
I’m guessing the Koch’s are being attacked like Microsoft was is because they aren’t giving Democrats more campaign money.
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:10:04 AM PDT
by
RginTN
To: dayglored
Seems it would be cheaper to upgrade to Win7...in the long run.
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:10:46 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: dayglored
Third party support patches will be available for Windows XP now that Microsoft has ceased supporting it.
People will find a way to keep it running.
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:13:38 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: RginTN
“Bill Gates leaned how to make the system work for him.”
Bill and Co. got reamed by the Clinton administration, IIRC, along the lines of monopoly and unfair practices. He wants the money back. He’s chucklin’ like Mutley.
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:32:52 AM PDT
by
Artie
(We are surrounded by MORONS)
To: dayglored
Just out of curiosity I invoked Microsoft Update on my XP box, which had already gotten its “final updates” a few days ago. It still had Bing Bar available and permitted me to apply it.
It’s probably cheaper to do this than it is to take the IRS boxen forward to another version of Windows.
They could consider using Linux, I guess.
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:36:59 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: hattend
>
Seems it would be cheaper to upgrade to Win7...in the long run. In most cases, that's correct.
But in many cases, it's an unaffordable option.
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:39:17 AM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Consider the upside. No one is going to develop malware for a “dead” operating system.
XP is going to be more secure now that Microsoft has proclaimed its official obituary.
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:48:46 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: dayglored
It wasn’t procrastination...it was a well-planned pay-off. The latest installment in the lucrative “create-a-crisis” Government game.
To: goldstategop
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posted on
04/13/2014 2:55:52 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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