No, they are not setting a precedence, nor should they. This issue is both big enough in scope, and near enough to the EOL data, that they can do this now.
Not advisable going forward. People (especially organizations) have had enough time to deal with a very public, and oft announced EOL schedule. *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market...* On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]>wrote: > The question is: Are they setting a precedence? > > I actually hope they are; I think they should continue to fix critical > flaws in XP for as long as the OS is used by a large part of the community. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > > Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> , 5/1/2014 9:27 AM: > > > http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2014/05/01/out-of-band-release-to-address-microsoft-security-advisory-2963983.aspx > > "we have made the decision to issue a security update for XP" > > > > > > Heads up, > > EZ > > > > Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, CISA, CRISC, Security +, Network + > > Security Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > [email protected] > > Work:401-255-2497 > > > > > > This electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and > confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are reading this > message, but are not the intended recipient, nor an employee or agent > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from copying, printing, > forwarding or otherwise disseminating this communication. If you have > received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender > by replying to the message. Then, delete the message from your computer. > Thank you. > > > >
