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Wed, 04/09/2014 - 12:59
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Many Windows XP PCs Not Upgraded at Japan Local Govts

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)--Faced with budget shortages, many local municipalities in Japan were unable to upgrade their personal computers running on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP to a new operating system before the U.S. firm ended support for the OS on Wednesday. Although Windows XP PCs will be disconnected from the Internet, a local government official said that "it is hardly possible to say damage can be fully averted." A survey report announced last November by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said that about 266,200 units of PCs held by local governments in Japan, or about 13 pct, would not be upgraded. The ministry has thus been calling on local governments not to use them until they are upgraded. According to a survey conducted in early March by Osaka Shinkin Bank on small and midsize client companies, 46.0 pct of some 1,200 responding companies were using Windows XP PCs and 53.5 pct of such users said that they would keep using them. Small and midsize companies may not be aware of the seriousness of the end of the support for the OS, said an official of the regional lender based in the western Japan city of Osaka. Market research company International Data Corp. Japan predicts that the proportion of Windows XP models in the country in June will be 6.6 pct among PCs at companies and 8.7 pct among those of individuals. END

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