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

  • ronigami@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This would almost certainly rule out Linux as an option. What Linux vendor feels comfortable committing to something, anything, for 15 years?

    • ratten@lemmings.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Because Linux is free software, we can implement the fixes ourselves.

      Doing so with Windows or Crapple would literally be illegal.

      • ronigami@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Yes, but to fulfill that requirement the company would have to be around to review the code changes and merge and provide QA. For 15 years.