XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: user@example.net   
      
   On 01/04/2024 16.01, Newyana2 wrote:   
   > "Carlos E.R."  wrote   
   >   
   > | >    That's addressing how to develop software. But then there's   
   > | > the point at which the software is done, thoroughly tested,   
   > | > and put to use. It needs to be well designed and stable. It   
   > | > needs to do what people need. Then it needs to stay put.   
   > |   
   > | Software is never done.   
   > |   
   >   
   >    The normalization of that view is what's led to the acceptance   
   > of a seat-of-the-pants rolling beta approach. Your statement   
   > has no context. A lot of software is more than done. If the   
   > software does what you need and it's stable, why would you   
   > dump it for something else?   
      
   You talking about software that has been abandoned by the developers?   
      
      
   The software I use is done. Much   
   > of it is 25 years old. It works dependably. It doesn't need   
   > security patches.   
      
   There is no security patches for the software is abandoned, but has   
   vulnerabilities.   
      
   >   
   >   J.O. makes a valid case for security with software that goes online.   
   > OK. (Even though that's rather ironic in this particular thread.)   
   > But security isn't just a matter of putting fingers in the dike once   
   > a week. It's about making a solid product in the first place and   
   > then dealing with risk.   
   >   
   >    For instance, Firefox updates about every 10 days. Why?   
      
   The web standard is evolving and of course the attack vectors too, so   
   there are a request for updates and people tend to have more privacy, so   
   that kind of features needs to be implemented in a way so that it don't   
   break the user experience. Also code optimization is an important thing,   
   you don't want to have the modem speed experience while online on a   
   high-speed connection.   
      
   If you don't want to update as often, there is the ESR.   
      
   --   
     //Aho   
      
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