[LINK] The White House IT -- a joke!

[Stilgherrian]

On 23/01/2009, at 11:38 AM, fcassia wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Michael Skeggs mike at bystander.net
> <mskeggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/1/23 Stilgherrian <stil at stilgherrian.com>:
>> <snip>
>>> I get where you're coming from, but these days Windows 2000 would  
>>> be A
>>> Very Bad Move. Since it's past end-of-life, it contains unpatched
>>> vulnerabilities -- especially in HTML-handling code in email clients
>>> and web browsers. Not the sort of security flaw I'd want in MY White
>>> House.
>> </snip>
>>
>> Since Windows 2000 was a server O/S I understand it receives 5 years
>> of standard support then 5 years of extended support (until
>> 13/07/2010).
>
> True, for instance, the latest "critical" security hotfix for a SMB  
> related hole
> was released for all Windows versions _INCLUDING_ Win2k. [snip]


I stand corrected.

I think I just find windows 2000 to be annoying for other reasons. But  
I was trying to STOP a platform war! LOL!

Stil


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