On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:01 -0500, "STeve Andre'" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Windows 2000 is my favorite: faster, less memory consumptive, and > more stable, I think. > > Sadly, unless this machine will be off the net you will have to abandon > Win2K I think this year, because MS will no longer be supporting it. > At that point you'll have to move, or risk getting nailed. No amount > of firewalling, etc will properly protect you. > > --STeve Andre' I'm certainly no security expert, but it seems to me if an OS is that old the likelihood of it being targeted for exploits is pretty low. Most slimeballs trying to craft exploits are looking for the most bang-for-the-buck (i.e. lazy and greedy) and that means they going to be against the OS/software combinations that are in highest use. Rob -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
