Computerworld posted a story that Microsoft today kicked off a new promotion aimed at Windows XP customers
Small- and medium-sized businesses still running Windows XP and Office 2003 -- the latter also will be retired a year from today, on April 8, 2014 -- can purchase licenses to Windows 8 Pro and Office 2013 Standard at a 15% discount, Microsoft said on a promotional website.Microsoft tempts XP laggards with $84 upgrade discount
Caveats apply: Customers must be running XP Professional, the Windows 8 Pro and Office 2013 Standard licenses must be purchased as a package via Microsoft's Open License program, and the deal is capped at 100 licenses for each. The discount is good through June 30.
