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Re:Lessons from last week’s cyberattack by gruez on Sunday May 14, 2017 @11:13PM (#14338899)
Microsoft's support policy says they will only provide security updates for 10 years. Any company who wants more than that can pay them extra for the privilege. That's not extortion anymore than extended warranties are extortion.
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Re:Lessons from last week’s cyberattack by ouid on Monday May 15, 2017 @02:59AM (#14339703)
Microsoft was a monopoly when they sold that contract, which makes it subject to much stricter guidelines on what is allowable in the product they sell.
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