From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Auric,   
      
   > It's not intended to be fud. XP doesn't receive security updates   
   > any more   
      
   Yes, and ?   Neither does Win7 or Win8, but you still use the former.   
      
   > Also, let's not forget the sheer number of issues that were uncovered   
   > during XP's lifetime.   
      
   for which it, over its lifetime, got security updates.  I could argue that   
   XP is better off security wise than Win11 is, as thats has got just a few   
   years of them.   
      
   > Do you really think there aren't any more undiscovered and/or   
   > unreported?   
      
   And that differs for XP in regard to Win7, win8, win10 and win11 ... how   
   exactly ?   
      
   > Also, let's not forget the sheer number of issues that were uncovered   
   > during XP's lifetime. Do you really think there aren't any more   
   > undiscovered and/or unreported?   
      
   Again, you're singling XP out for problems that exist in all Windows   
   versions.   
      
   Mind you, you where trying to tell us that XP is .. how did you put it ...   
   "an infectious disease".  Currently all I see you post is FUD that is   
   applicable to all Windows versions.   
      
   > Then count yourself lucky.   
      
   No, I don't.  Not with more than a decade of kids working on XP computers   
   and having zero problems with it. Besides my own 'puter which I've been   
   using for 15+ years.   
      
   > I cannot tell you the number of times I've had client machines   
   > that were "mysteriously" infected.   
      
   I could counter that with people who "did nothing" with/on their computers   
   before it went all bad, only to discover that they did plenty, but   
   conveniently forgot all about having done it - even if they did it just   
   hours before.   
      
   > (Yes, stupid people do stupid things. Not the point.)   
      
   Actually, yes, it is.   With it you're telling me that its (most always) the   
   user which is the cause of the puter becoming "an infectious disease" - not   
   the OS itself.   
      
   > That "continuous, weekly drip" means that MS is fixing issues.   
      
   To me it means that that new version of Windows has got a gazillion of   
   security holes, and MS is playing whack-a-mole, hoping that they can plug a   
   hole before it gets exploited.   
      
   In comparision any version that has been EOL-ed after having gotten security   
   updates upto that point (like XP and your Win7) must be much more secure,   
   don't you agree ?   
      
   > If you find an issue with XP, your choices are fix it yourself, or pay   
   > someone else to do it for you, or else do nothing and just live with it.   
      
   Which is true for any EOL-ed version (and often even for non-EOL-ed   
   versions).  Again, nothing XP specific.   
      
   And thats ofcourse beside the issues that are never fixed because of "works   
   as intended, not a bug" ones, which you always have to deal with (or work   
   around) yourself.   
      
      
   Bottom line, you've been claiming that XP connected to the internet is "an   
   infectious disease", but I've not seen you support that stance anywhere.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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