The Dutch government is reportedly paying Microsoft millions of euros so it can continue to receive support for the many PCs that are still running the 12 year old Windows XP OS after Tuesday.



From Neowin:

Webwereld.nl reports that the deal will result in Microsoft getting millions of euros from the government, but a specific number was not mentioned. The agreement will cover between 34,000 and 40,000 PCs that have XP installed from now until early January. Microsoft will release the last updates and security patches for the OS on Tuesday to the general public. One of the parts of the agreement with Microsoft is that the PCs used by the government must be updated to either Windows 7 or Windows 8.

Two of the five local councils in The Netherlands are also still using Windows XP on their PCs, but this new government deal does not cover any additional support for those local regions.

  Dutch government to pay millions of euros to Microsoft for extended Windows XP support