full-disclosure - Re: 3rd party patch for XP for MS09-048?

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Message-ID: <4AB1824B.90107@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:26:51 -0500
From: Rohit Patnaik <quanticle@...il.com>
To: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: 3rd party patch for XP for MS09-048?

Perhaps, perhaps not.  Microsoft _is_ pushing pretty hard to get Windows 
7 into the netbook market.

--Rohit Patnaik

Peter Besenbruch wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 September 2009 05:15:23 Thor (Hammer of God) wrote:
>   
>> P.S.
>>     
>
>   
>> I get the whole "XP code to too old to care" bit, but it seems odd to take
>> that "old code" and re-market it around compatibility and re-distribute it
>> with free downloads for Win7 while saying "we won't patch old code."
>>     
>
> Let's not forget that the majority of netbooks come with Windows XP Home, and 
> are likely to for a while.
>
>   

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