Windows XP
Has anyone else heard that Windows XP is reaching it's "end of life" on April 8th 2014. What I read was that Microsoft will no longer support WXP from that date on. This is the link http://www.komand...
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gdetrailer, having read numerous books on the subject that differ with your information regarding the roots of NT, we will have to just disagree. As I said, calling it "NT OS/2" was a marketing ploy only and the 2 OSes have no common lineage. Here is an excellent reference on how NT came about, both historically and technically.
We will also have to disagree on what kind of kernel XP has. Here is one of many references that can be found addressing the issue.
We will also have to disagree that most XP fixes are for the kernel. I referenced a site that clearly disproves that notion, but you can believe what you like.
I've been developing for Microsoft since DOS 2.0 and while I've never developed any kernel mode software I'm intimately familiar with the Windows architecture and where the bugs lie. I know how to read CVEs and what the files in a patch are (check to see how many times ntoskrnl.exe appears in a KB if you want to know how many times XP has had its kernel patched).
Again, feel free to continue to use XP. It was an excellent OS. My point is that saying it's secure and will continue to be so after support ends is misguided.
We will also have to disagree on what kind of kernel XP has. Here is one of many references that can be found addressing the issue.
We will also have to disagree that most XP fixes are for the kernel. I referenced a site that clearly disproves that notion, but you can believe what you like.
I've been developing for Microsoft since DOS 2.0 and while I've never developed any kernel mode software I'm intimately familiar with the Windows architecture and where the bugs lie. I know how to read CVEs and what the files in a patch are (check to see how many times ntoskrnl.exe appears in a KB if you want to know how many times XP has had its kernel patched).
Again, feel free to continue to use XP. It was an excellent OS. My point is that saying it's secure and will continue to be so after support ends is misguided.
