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The NHS isn't "running on Windows XP". There are still a few machines like that - https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/nhs-still-running-2300-pcs-wind
by frereubu 6y ago
The NHS isn't "running on Windows XP". There are still a few machines like that - https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/nhs-still-running-2300-pcs-windows-xp https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/nhs-still-run... (2,300 as of July 2019, which will have decreased since then) - but after the wannacry attack they took it much more seriously (and I think that was partly the government taking it more seriously so they actually got the budget to do it) and were steadily migrating things to Windows 10.
- c7DJTLrn 6y agoMoving to an OS with an even larger attack surface and larger nightmare for "DevOps" doesn't seem like the right move. The right move would be to stop using a desktop OS for basic kiosks, develop an application-specific OS which could be based on something like Ubuntu. The attack surface would be significantly lower and updates could be better controlled.
- frereubu 6y agoI don't have an argument with any of that. Just the claim that the NHS is "running on Windows XP", which felt like a lazy accusation that's at least a couple of years out of date.