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Re:SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code by UncleMeat on Thursday December 31, 2020 @06:40PM (#25598626)
Sure it does. It means you don’t need to backport fixes to an infinite number of builds.
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Re:SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code by MarioMan on Thursday December 31, 2020 @06:52PM (#25598741)
But they do a great deal of backporting anyway. Enterprise and Education users can run a slow path that gets bug fixes and security updates only, for feature updates as far as 30 months back. This is not offered for any other editions of Windows, meaning feature updates are forced on them earlier than they need to be.

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/win...

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Re:SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code by webmobdev on Friday January 01, 2021 @03:18AM (#25601692)
General consumers are now the beta testers for Microsoft Windows. With Windows built-in spyware features, they don't even need any user interaction to collect data from your computer.
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