MS still to create security patches for XP but not for you ...

[Genesis]

OK so last night I did this Windows XP quiz - do you know what is happening now and that had me completely confused. Darn it Microsoft, all of those notices that kept coming up before 8 of April, none indicated that Microsoft would still be working on security updates, except just not make them publicly available. They're out to make a bundle of money with large corporations instead.
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So found a good article that explains it in detail, however now wonder whether little Joe in the street will be able to subscribe to this service, or is this service limited to large corporations only? What I picked up on last night when I was doing searches was that the Dutch Government was prepared to pay Microsoft megabucks in order to keep its Windows XP supplied with security uptdates.

OK here's a link to the article and a quote from it that more or less explains how it works:

Microsoft will craft XP patches after April '14, but not for you

Just because Microsoft doesn't plan on giving Windows XP patches to the public after April 8, 2014, doesn't mean it's going to stop making those patches.

In fact, Microsoft will be creating security updates for Windows XP for months -- years, even -- after it halts their delivery to the general public.

Those patches will come from a program called "Custom Support," an after-retirement contract designed for very large customers who have not, for whatever reason, moved on from an older OS.

As part of Custom Support -- which according to analysts, costs about $200 per PC for the first year and more each succeeding year -- participants receive patches for vulnerabilities rated "critical" by Microsoft. Bugs ranked as "important," the next step down in Microsoft's four-level threat scoring system, are not automatically patched. Instead, Custom Support contract holders must pay extra for those. Flaws pegged as "moderate" or "low" are not patched at all.

Can't believe the rip off quoting companies over 1-million USD for an operating system that has been declared dead ....
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...XP_s_custom_support_prices_as_deadline_nears?
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[Peter]

Microsoft obviously don't want people to use Windows XP any more. A bit sad because it's the best version of Windows that has existed. :undecided:

 

[Sander k]

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[Genesis]

I heard that too. I wonder whether they did in the end? With that amount of an investment, and if they put theirs together with all of the other large conglomerates "willing to pay Microsoft 1-million USD to get XP patches", surely they could develop their own OS and never be dependent on Microsoft again?

 

[Briar Spirit]

Rules of Business my friend, FREE updates or more money from PAID upgrades, Microsoft doesn't really care about people, never have and they never will, just the way Businesses are these days, the customer is nothing more than a walking bank account filler these days.

 

[Genesis]

Rules of Business my friend, FREE updates or more money from PAID upgrades, Microsoft doesn't really care about people, never have and they never will, just the way Businesses are these days, the customer is nothing more than a walking bank account filler these days.

True. I'm looking for a Robin Hood who could put a little of an equalizer in this lot. :aggressive:

 

[jaran]

Rules of Business my friend, FREE updates or more money from PAID upgrades, Microsoft doesn't really care about people, never have and they never will, just the way Businesses are these days, the customer is nothing more than a walking bank account filler these days.

Thats true. This is bullshit because they arent consistent with what they say to the public.

 

[Hells Bells]

Wonder what kind of wording would be in legal contracts like that to safeguard Microsoft. Looks as though one can be the biggest crook these days and protected by the law if one can afford to buy the best lawyers.

 

[Genesis]

Good point. I'd imagine they'd have had a whole team on it and all of it would be water tight from a liability point of view.

 

[Sander k]

A lot of computers at my work are still running on XP :s

 

[Genesis]

Mine is still running on XP at home. BUT I've got a spiffy new computer in a box, just in case. Am presently making back-ups of my old and trusted computer but am irritated with the industry that allows a perfectly good computer with perfectly OK software go to waste, including all of the hardware that Microsoft and its hardware pals decided to make obsolete.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr .... :diablo::diablo::diablo::diablo:

 

[beachrat420]

Like I've said before, I'm still using XP and plan to use it either until it blows up or I can no longer access the internet due to technological advances.. I've found with my Android that I can do almost EVERYTHING with it that I can do on my laptop, ( including website administration) and plan to use ANYTHING but a Microsoft product when my laptop does bite the dust........

 

[Genesis]

and plan to use ANYTHING but a Microsoft product when my laptop does bite the dust........

I thought Microsoft just about owned everything these days. Including Skype. What do you use for a Messenger?

 

[Sander k]

Just Whatsapp, you?

 

[Genesis]

I should try that. I use Skype. Don't trust it at all, but then I guess there is little to trust when one's out on the Internet.