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



In article <4672A842.6F818F44@xxxxxxxxx>, CBFalconer <cbfalconer@xxxxxxxxx> writes
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 ??

The availability of the source is completely irrelevant.


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