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Of course it wasn't really secure ever, but whenever a serious security flaw was discovered it could (and often would) be fixed with a week. If one is discover
by gnur 12y ago
Of course it wasn't really secure ever, but whenever a serious security flaw was discovered it could (and often would) be fixed with a week.
If one is discovered now, it will be exploitable forever.
- valarauca1 12y agoWhich is of course far better then the current model of windows exploits. "Oh we fixed that in the next version already. Buy windows9 and you won't have that problem." Granted yes a lot of exploits are fixed via the patch system. But a surprising number are just ignored.
- JohnTHaller 12y agoExcept that's not how it works. Microsoft has a hugely long support system set up for a given version of Windows. That's why XP was supported for so long. The only thing they ask you to do now is be sure you apply service packs... their modern equivalent in this place (Windows 8.0 to 8.1). These are completely free. The only OS left out is Windows XP. Because it's 13 years old (next week) and its end of life date has been known for YEARS.