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How would security updates magically appear if XP were open sourced? And do you really think that people that use XP would somehow got to them? Maybe 1 out of 1
by rplnt 13y ago
How would security updates magically appear if XP were open sourced? And do you really think that people that use XP would somehow got to them? Maybe 1 out of 100 users of XP would care and seek how to patch that OS. Hence no one cares about making updates for that OS. For example my Fedora 16 and most installed software on it is open sourced and I don't receive any security updates. Why there are not groups of people making security patches for it?
edit: If you are suggesting that users would go back to XP once it's opensourced then you don't have much faith in people.
- nfoz 13y ago> Maybe 1 out of 100 users of XP would care and seek how to patch that OS. That's a good number of people, I think. I would love to see them empowered to maintain their computers however they want. Security updates don't magically happen. But with open source, people who want to do them can put in the effort. That's the point. You could maybe sustain a business of being paid to maintain security updates for this magical open-source-XP. Or maybe some enthusiasts would choose to do it. Maybe they wouldn't. But we'll never know, because opens-source-XP will not exist.