Re: [twuug] [Fwd: [Security Announce] ANNOUNCEMENT: End of life product policy]

["Mark A.Davis" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:00:41 -0500
"Mark A.Davis" <mark@laketaylor.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:52:41 -0500
> "Ethan O'Toole" <ethan@757tech.net> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > Now Mandrake is doing it too!  This is fricken crazy!
> > 
> > At least Microsoft has like a 5 year product cycle for their stuff :-)
> 
> Maybe because it takes them that long to have anything new worth
> considering?  <stab stab>

And more seriously, I will now add that Microsoft does not have a new
release of their OS three times a year like Mandrake or two times a year
like Redhat (for example).  For Mandrake, that is 15 OS versions in a 5
year period.  Still, I bet you will find that Mandrake and Redhat will
still release security fixes for versions even outside their official
"support window".

As for MS not releasing anywhere near as often... Thank God too... can you
imagine the naming?  "Windows 95 and two thirds"  "Windows 96 and one
third" "Windows 2001 and three thirds"....

Or perhaps "Windows 1999.33333"?

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