Microsoft will double the price of Windows XP extended support. The outdated operating system is no longer officially supported by Microsoft since April last year but still running on a lot of enterprise computers. A license expert has told Computerworld that companies who haven't switched to another OS, have to pay twice as much for each PC running Windows XP.
The operating system is no longer officially supported since April 2014 which means Microsoft doesn't release security updates for Windows XP anymore and leaks are no longer patched.
Several companies bought extended support to get an additional year of security updates. These contracts end soon and according to Computerworld the price will be increased from $200 to $400 for another year of support, although actual prices can differ per company.
Microsoft didn't want to comment on the price increase but a spokesman has stated Microsoft wants to discourage extended support and prefers users to switch to another Windows version.
In April 2014 about 16% of all PCs around the world were running Windows XP, according to Statcounter. In January this year 11% of the PCs were still on Windows XP, a drop of a mere 5%.
