Jim P. (2/18/2014)
Markus (2/18/2014)
I can understand both sides of it really... the thing is a furnace, washer, car doesn't run completely on software that needs to be patched every single month. If Microsoft kept supporting every single operating system forever they would have a nightmare on their hands and it would be quite expensive for them to write a patch for each different operating system. So, it is a little different than a mechanical product sitting in your kitchen.Every appliance, car, or other consumer item is possibly subject having a recall, and or the lower level of a permanent warranty item.
And if the SW was actually built correctly, why does it need monthly patches?
The same reason we have new models of any appliance. The difference is that appliances can't get patches applied.