Re: Why not barrage of security updates for WM 2003 OS

Thanks Paul!!

Exactly what I needed.

Harry

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
wrote in message news:eFZpdMbqFHA.1028@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fewer server applications running on or available for the WM devices. If
> you don't have a Web server running on the device, you don't have to
> update it to protect against various threats.
>
> ActiveX controls are not downloaded by the browser on WM devices. So,
> there's a huge chunk of security vulnerabilities that WM devices don't
> have.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Harry Simpson" <hssimpson@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eKQPUFbqFHA.208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I need a little help explaining to a client why it's not neccesary to have
>>a method to pass security patches to the Windows Mobile 2005 OS. Here's
>>what I have so far....
>> ***********
>> The Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC OS does not have the barrage of
>> security updates you see with other operating systems such as Windows
>> 2000 and Windows 2003. The actual OS must be obtained from the
>> manufacturer of the device rather than an "off the shelf" OS you are
>> familiar with in desktop/server systems.
>>
>> ***********
>>
>> What other reasons are there for having a zillion security updates from
>> MS for the Win32 OS and none for the mobile OS??
>>
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Harry
>>
>>
>>
>>
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