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If there is no revenue stream, where do the resources to fix security issues come from?
by Sindisil 9y ago
If there is no revenue stream, where do the resources to fix security issues come from?
- jackvalentine 9y agoAren't the vast majority of Windows revenues from new PC sales and volume licensing? Both would continue if Windows was "perfect" feature-wise and only security updates were provided going forward.
- dom0 9y ago> if Windows was "perfect" feature-wise and only security updates were provided going forward. Therefore the kernel is secure, assuming spherical cows are used in the bubble memory of the return stack.
- maxerickson 9y agoOne possibility is from the huge surplus that they collected when they initially sold the software. It seems to ultimately boil down to software becoming more expensive to sell, especially when it will be used in critical situations.
- quickben 9y agoBut that's handled by the contract at the point of sale. One Windows XP with N years of support for $ money. Legally, they are covered.
- maxerickson 9y agoSure, there is this specific situation where Microsoft probably isn't on the hook for anything. But there is also the more abstract problem of how hospitals and the like go about using computers.