I am beginning to sense, in the same way that when one reaches a certain age
one begins to sense the certainty of mortality, that there will come a day,
perhaps in the not very distant future—as I don’t believe I have any likelihood
of reaching the not very distant future in this usage—when the annoyances and
hassles of computers, operating systems, telephones and such will cause me to
revert to a minimalist approach, that is, using as little technology as
possible for as few tasks as absolutely necessary. And when I finally get to
The Home, surely there will be a young employee who can operate the television
for me. I hope.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Feb 23, 2014, at 1:10 PM, Mike Lazzari <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> There are other threats which are patched by the provider of the OS. This is
>> what XP will no longer have. And I am fairly sure that most businesses will
>> have migrated away from XP by the time support is discontinued.
> Actually a lot of threats, perhaps a majority, come in through other
> vectors like the browser. No OS "patch" can protect against a mouse
> click. I understand a larger corporation migrating painfully to another
> OS but it may not make sense for the majority of small businesses with a
> few or one (myself) employee. Or for Brian. The only rational path for
> Brian would be to purchase a full retail version of e.g. Win7pro x64 (I
> did) which he would be able to take with him to a new computer. Make
> sure the tech installs the full version rather the common OEM version.
> Another benefit is full free support by a live person who can
> communicate in your language of choice. And anyway I think that anti
> virus programs will continue to support XP for the foreseeable future. I
> agree that this isn't the ideal choice but is logical for many users.
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