[ALUG] Fwd: [NOC] Windows XP support ends in April

[Ronald Mjema]

Adding to that.. Does anyone know why most of tanzania bank use "win xp" on
their ATM ?
What impact will this have to tz bank...will they now be able to move to
foss or win 7 ?

Regards,
Ronald
 On Apr 10, 2014 4:57 AM, "Ismail Settenda" <ismailmss at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder how seriously this will affect those guys who are using
> counterfeit Win Xp and were already disabling updates anyway..?
>
> Should we say that it is like telling gate crashers at a party that they
> are changing the guards at the entrance...;-)
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Ismail
>
> On 9 April 2014 16:43, Miku, E. Cornelius <miku at habari.co.tz> wrote:
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