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On Thursday, September 08, 2011 03:01:10 PM Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:35 PM, pk <peterk2@××××××××.se> wrote: |
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> >> On 2011-09-08 16:51, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> >>> But the freedom is still there. The freedom to either keep your |
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> >>> system |
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> >>> as it is (don't upgrade) |
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> >> |
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> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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> >> You do realise that this is quite valid for Windows (and all other |
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> >> OS's |
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> >> in existence)? At least so far... |
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> > Don't get *me* started. My _day job_ is C++/MFC on Windows. _Please_ |
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> > upgrade, you'll make my life much easier. |
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> > Outdated operating systems make baby coder cry. |
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> I already mentioned that you update security flaws. |
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Update the security flaws is all nice and well, but won't hold up for very |
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long. |
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Security updates for older versions will stop within a short period. And not |
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sufficient information will be available to keep patching the software |
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individually. |
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> And again, that's only if you resist the change. |
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This sounds like "We are borg, resistance is futile...." :) |
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