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Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates (www.theregister.com)

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Should OS makers, like Microsoft, be legally required to provide 15 years of security updates?

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No. Maintain your own OS. Any country or group of countries should be doing so.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

This will kill small firms developing new OSes.

[–] ratten@lemmings.world 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I have no sympathy for anyone using microsoft products.

They made their bed, now they get to sleep in it.

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[–] recked_wralph@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

15 years. 15 years. She got one of your kids got you for 15 years

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