Re: Security in different XP versions - breaking news
From: Fr. Gregory Hallam (orthnospam_at_clara.net)
Date: 09/23/04
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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:23:02 +0100
Fuzzy Logic wrote:
> "Fr. Gregory Hallam" <orthnospam@clara.net> wrote in news:OKoeZkYoEHA.556
> @tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
>
>
>>Now that MS has announced that it will only protect XP SP2 browsers ....
>>see here ...
>>
>>http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5378366.html
>>
>>.... will it only be SP2 that delivers the fixes or the humble "old"
>>original XP Home as well for users such as myself who don't want to
>>upgrade to SP2?
>
>
> Also here:
>
> http://news.com.com/2102-1032_3-5378366.html
>
> I think the sidebar from the above link with this quote pretty much sums it
> up:
>
> "Should Ford have gone back and retrofitted every Pinto with anti-lock
> brakes when the technology came out? Should OnStar be available for 1989
> Dodge Aries K cars? If you want the new technology, you have to stay current
> with the new products."
> --unknown
>
> Note there are third party solutions. Avant offers a nice shell that offers
> pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing and many other security and user
> enhancements. Many people will say just use Firefox.
>
Dear Fuzzy Logic
My policy is always, where prudent, to keep my OS uptodate. However,
SP1 and to a greater extent SP2 introduced features and issues that I
just don't want or need. This is especially the case with SP2 where MS
seems to have made a judgement that if the pack breaks some other
software; well, too bad.
Software companies make money through the upgrade cycle. Why should I
upgrade an OS that forces me to upgrade other software when I can get
the really crucial security patches from the Windows Update site
separately? In SP2 is, in effect, a new OS (as some have said and
weighing in at nearly 80Mb that seems to be the case) why are MS using
the vulnerabilities of their own software as a stick to beat their
customers back into the upgrade merry go round? Do I have confidence
that SP2 is staying one step ahead of the game in the battle for
security? That has been a promise made and broken before. Meanwhile
the hapless consumer keeps on throwing good money after sub-standard
products. If we were getting a new IE browser rather than a patchworked
quilted old browser, I might be persuaded. I am not. MS and the other
software companies might make more money if it followed through on
licensing software rather than outright selling it.
My original question remains unanswered though.
Will regular non-service-packed XP users be able to download patches (as
hitherto) separately from the Update site or will they HAVE to upgrade
to SP2 (with all the attendant problems) to get them?
This is a binary answerable question.
-- Yours Greg Hallam
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