This comment is silly, based on ignorance of how providing patches work.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/863552462694830080 …
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Robᵉʳᵗ Graham Retweeted zeynep tufekci
This comment is silly, based on ignorance of how providing patches work.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/863552462694830080 …
Robᵉʳᵗ Graham added,
2/ The problem with WinXP is that there are a zillion versions out there, with different features, different languages, etc.
3/ Providing a patch for all versions is extraordinarily expensive, which is why Microsoft doesn't do it.
4/ Instead, they only do patches for the 10 versions used by big paying customers like the DoD and GE.
5/ If the British NHS wants patches for the weird British embedded version of WinXP they use, then they need to pay Microsoft for them.
6/ It's like insisting jet engine makers continue to service their engines after the safe lifespan of their engines.
Actually, airplane manufacturers DO have to maintain their software as long as any of the planes manufactured with it are flying.
Never understand why it's okay for very rich companies to abandon people to critical security flaws in their software?
Because if they did they'd be a very bankrupt company.
Their cash hoard (>$100 billion) is about the same size as the ENTIRE budget of the NHS providing healthcare to 55 million. They'd manage.
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