Re: What's the story with the "end of XP"?

The Real Andy wrote:
Steve wrote:

.... snip ...

Net security is best looked at pro-actively, not re-actively.
Block everything coming in using a proper firewall - trying to
get the latest windows updates to patch known holes is a
never-ending battle.

And this differs from linux and Mac exactly how?

To start with, the source is available for Linux. MAC ??

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