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Originally Posted by Paul M
Aside from the fact it takes a long time to do such things, its also incredibly expensive and complex.
(do you know how many computers the NHS has ?, last estimate I heard was in the hundreds of thousands).
Just imagine the cost of liceces for all of them, plus many would not have the hardware to support newer windows versions, so that needs replacing as well, and then there is huge amount man power needed to change them over.
Its not some 5 minute job.
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I know and as I said they had several years to transition their IT infrastructure. XP's end of life was a long time coming. There was six years from the date XP was removed from the market until it's end of life date. Microsoft were making concerted effort to get them to move on.
Yes there is also a cost involved but that's the price you pay to have a functioning and secure network. There are always ongoing costs and you pay them at least in part to avoid something like this.
And there is no excuse for them not patching Windows 7 and 8.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
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That is probably referring to Windows 7 and 8.