The figures are based on estimates of IDC research institution that is listed in the description of the press received Compass techno, and represents a 43 percent share of the desktop operating system in the country.
However, the Microsoft parties appealed the million users to immediately upgrade to the Windows operating system.
Because, the support extended support for Windows XP will be discontinued on April 8, 2014, or exactly a year from now.
Microsoft products does have two "life cycle". The first is the mainstream support that in this case the product concerned will update sector security, stability, patches, and new features for free.
The second is the extended support cycle, which in this case Microsoft security sector will only update to patch security gaps, while other types of updates is available for paid.
Well, so the extended support for Windows XP, the user will lose all the vital reforms in the sector to maintain the security of the system. As a result, they are increasingly at risk of attack by malware, viruses, or hackers.
"Even though it had been the most popular OS in the history of Microsoft, Windows XP is not designed to deal with challenges now," wrote the Windows Division of Microsoft Indonesia Head Business Group Lucky Gani.
What about Windows XP users abroad? Net Applications research conducted in March revealed that the OS was 12 years old it still controlled 37,73 percent global desktop operating system market.
As for the operating system is the most widely used is the Windows 7 (44,73 percent), while the share of Windows 8 (3.31 percent) still under Windows Vista (4.99 percent).
In Indonesia, according to Microsoft, users who use Windows 7 was more than Windows XP, i.e. 46 percent to 43 percent.
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