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1. All computers running Windows XP will be vulnerable after April 8th 2. Everyone has known about this for more than 6 years. 3. Microsoft already extended i
by JohnTHaller 13y ago
1. All computers running Windows XP will be vulnerable after April 8th
2. Everyone has known about this for more than 6 years.
3. Microsoft already extended it once.
4. To the person who said this: "For all the money we collectively give Microsoft, they were not too receptive to extending the deadline. There was some grumbling that they were not willing to extend." ... A) See 1 through 3. B) You suck at your job.
- djKianoosh 13y agoI laugh-cringed at #4 when I read it in the article. I find it totally plausible for someone in the government to really say/believe this. It's pathetic, but I fear it's common enough in executive positions for some reason. Tangentially, this is why in every project I've been at I always push for upgrading to the latest browser. Initially there is some resistance, but once in a while you meet with a gov manager, that has some pull, and will push back on IT. That's been the case at CBP. A year ago we were all supporting IE8 and cursing every minute of it. Now we're happily developing to IE11 and latest FF. Sadly it takes an adamant developer to push repeatedly for this when it should be IT itself forcing users and all developers to upgrade, if for nothing else than plain old security. I think they're "getting it" now though...