Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 15th Sep 2009 23:17 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
"Microsoft late last week said it won't patch Windows XP for a pair of bugs it quashed Sept. 8 in Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. The news adds Windows XP [SP2] and SP3 to the no-patch list that previously included only Windows 2000 Server SP4. 'We're talking about code that is 12 to 15 years old in its origin, so backporting that level of code is essentially not feasible,' said security program manager Adrian Stone during Microsoft's monthly post-patch Webcast, referring to Windows 2000 and XP.... 'By default, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 do not have a listening service configured in the client firewall and are therefore not affected by this vulnerability,' the company said. 'Windows XP SP2 and later operating systems include a stateful host firewall that provides protection for computers against incoming traffic from the Internet or from neighboring network devices on a private network.'"
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2009-05-19
When you develop software for living you start appreciating upgrade cycles.
I am a software developer. For over a decade now. And if I would release software to my clients that functionally compared to older version, like Windows 7 is to Windows XP, I would be just kicked out of their office.
Whenever I have to release upgrades, I have to present a list of why's. Win7 does not provide any "We must have it" points, that opens clients' wallets.