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Microsoft Says No TCP/IP Patches For XP
CWmike writes "Microsoft says it won't patch Windows XP for a pair of bugs it quashed Sept. 8 in Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. The news adds Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and SP3 to the no-patch list that previously included only Windows 2000 Server SP4. 'We're talking about code that is 12 to 15 years old in its origin, so backporting that level of code is essentially not feasible,' said security program manager Adrian Stone during Microsoft's monthly post-patch Webcast, referring to Windows 2000 and XP. 'An update for Windows XP will not be made available,' Stone and fellow program manager Jerry Bryant said during the Q&A portion of the Webcast (transcript here). Last Tuesday, Microsoft said that it wouldn't be patching Windows 2000 because creating a fix was 'infeasible.'"
He means sooner rather than later because he is talking about upgrading to Windows 7 not upgrading from XP. Take a reading comprehension class.
Microsoft stopped selling XP as a product last June.
And you knew full well what their support policy towards XP was. They've made no secret that they are trying to kill it. Are you one of those jerks who moves next to an airport and complains about the noise?
WTG astroturfer!
You must have an "inside track" to real sales numbers I take it?
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
You're still not going to put a firewall between PC's on a broadcast domain, the cost of such a design would be astronomical since linerate firewalls are ridiculously expensive and you'd really need a switch that could perform SPI at line rates, such a beast does not exist AFAIK.
There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order. Starting now.
Actually "M$" is cute, funny and meaningful. I have noticed it also triggers an almost automated response by Microsoft shills (paid or not) to mod down the post, no matter what.
Interesting that a large corporation like Microsoft feels the need to work in such an evil and underhanded way.
* Carthago Delenda Est *
So what you're saying is that every OS ever released needs to have absolutely 0 lines of exploitable code; if it doesn't, then the OS maker needs to repair bug ever to appear on it. If you believe that, you should be foaming at the mouth just as much over Apple.
Why not? The Pentagon continued using Halliburton for years, on huge no-bid contracts, even when its divisions were installing showers in Iraq that electrocuted our servicemembers. And that's just the worst failure the public heard about, after most of a decade of abusive cronyism.
Microsoft is much richer than even Halliburton, and its failures much less publicly scandalous. Why would it face a tougher standard? I'm sure Dick Cheney owns a lot of Microsoft stock, too.
I don't see what the problem is, capitalism and competition will take care of everything, let the market decide.
If someone is passing you on the right, you are an asshole for driving in the wrong lane.
Your argument doesn't work either though IMO. For one thing software changes a lot quicker than car technology so I was being pretty kind saying 10 years for the car stuff. You might expect a dealer to service a 30 year old car, but you're probably going to have to pay through the nose for it (and I've read of at least one case where a dealer didn't have the parts to service a car because it was so old).
Exactly, if people want support for XP at this point... they would have to be willing to PAY a for it. With cash. The initial cost of the OS doesn't wrap up into it the costs of support for 15 years, maybe 5 sure.
But that's the big sticking point, people don't want to pay for anything, they want it all for free. If that is the case, then use Linux. If you want premium software and are willing to pay, upgrade to Windows 7. I actually happen to think that re-designing the OS is a good thing, hell it creates jobs for engineers and IT across the board. Not to mention the fact that it's a better and more secure OS.
It's really that simple, Microsoft isn't the bad guy here (although they often are).