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Re:Microsoft Issues WanaCrypt Patch for Windows 8, XP by maxerickson on Saturday May 13, 2017 @12:46PM (#14331796)
One possibility is from the huge surplus that they collected when they initially sold the software.

It seems to ultimately boil down to software becoming more expensive to sell, especially when it will be used in critical situations.

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Re:Microsoft Issues WanaCrypt Patch for Windows 8, XP by quickben on Saturday May 13, 2017 @01:05PM (#14331898)
But that's handled by the contract at the point of sale. One Windows XP with N years of support for $ money.

Legally, they are covered.

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Re:Microsoft Issues WanaCrypt Patch for Windows 8, XP by maxerickson on Saturday May 13, 2017 @01:14PM (#14331939)
Sure, there is this specific situation where Microsoft probably isn't on the hook for anything.

But there is also the more abstract problem of how hospitals and the like go about using computers.

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