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1. ghostDancer (ghostdancer@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2017 13:24:58 UTC ghostDancer

   • augustus pugin
   @augustus i found a thread on twitter about  the problems of patching in big orgs http://qttr.at/1twj
   • ghostDancer (ghostdancer@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2017 12:35:03 UTC ghostDancer

     • augustus pugin
     @augustus probably the programs and some drivers don't work well or at all in more modern systems, that's the problem with closed source.
   • ghostDancer (ghostdancer@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2017 12:40:33 UTC ghostDancer

     • augustus pugin
     @augustus IIRC nuclear subs in UK still use XP too, but at least they are well maintained and isolated,
   • ghostDancer (ghostdancer@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2017 12:41:22 UTC ghostDancer

     • augustus pugin
     @augustus http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a19061/britains-doomsday-subs-run-windows-xp/
     Joaquim Bernà i Torres repeated this.
   • ghostDancer (ghostdancer@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2017 12:48:28 UTC ghostDancer

     • augustus pugin
     @augustus and that's not the worst thing, think of a NSA backdoor http://ur1.ca/quwy1
   • ghostDancer (ghostdancer@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2017 13:00:53 UTC ghostDancer

     • augustus pugin
     @augustus Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Windows XP :-)
   • Paul Pritchard (expatpaul@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2017 13:28:04 UTC Paul Pritchard

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     • augustus pugin
     @ghostdancer @augustus "We know the code is terrible, but it works (now) and we don't dare touch it"
     ghostDancer likes this.