Re:Poll on macOS 10.12 is broken
by pritambaral on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:47PM
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But is Apple stupid/naive/childish enough to hold security fixes to ransom?
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I'd guess not "ransom", but not enough resources allocated to backport fixes, along with a lack of incentive since they fixed them already in the gold standard New Version.
Re:Poll on macOS 10.12 is broken
by pritambaral on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @04:16AM
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> not enough resources allocated to backport fixes
Which is just silly for someone like Apple
> a lack of incentive since they fixed them already in the gold standard New Version
That is not how security works. Again, it is just silly for someone like Apple to believe only the latest release needs security fixes.
Oh, I completely agree. I've ranted about this before; I like to use old versions and be a late adopter after all the kinks get worked out. I'm just saying maybe it's more due to a (possibly negligent) misplacement of priorities than to outright malevolence for non- or slow-upgraders.
"We're Apple... everyone always uses the latest versions of our stuff..."