Reply to post: Re: Blame those who did not replace ancient kit

While Microsoft griped about NSA exploit stockpiles, it stockpiled patches: Friday's WinXP fix was built in February

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Re: Blame those who did not replace ancient kit

"And how, exactly, do you enforce 'if the manufacturer of a £150,000 MRI scanner gives the expectation that this will work for 20 years then they *must* provide security updates for all of those 20 years - no excuses.' ?"

You make sure it's in the contract versus a defined support charge and a minimum product supported life.

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