Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop From The Landfill

On 6/28/25 3:59 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 11:57:50 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
 

On 2025/6/27 23:57:48, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:53:13 -0400, WolfFan wrote:
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1. You don’t have to junk Win 10 if you don’t want to. I have XP and 7
machines running, MS bailed on them a long time ago but they still work,
I just have to be careful. ... because they run $150,000 imagesetters,
that’s why. The imagesetters are very picky about their drivers (not
really drivers, long story, but the imagesetters won’t work without
them) and still work, and management will NOT be replacing them as long
as they work.

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Would you entrust mission-critical business functions to obsolete,
unsupported software?

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To me, it's fairly obvious that he _is_ doing, with no disasters having
happened yet ...

 Yeah, who needs seatbelts? I haven’t crashed yet, and I don’t plan to ...

Again, it depends on the situation.
Would you ride in a car with your seat belt on that
was one update away from crashing and killing
everyone in the car?
I do PCI (Payment card industry) consulting .  Those
customers are required to have all critical patches
installed within one month of announcement.  All
system have to be supported.  It is almost a full
time job fixing things that were not broken in
the first place.
This is really not an issue with Fedora or similar,
but with Windows horrid, poorly tested patches,
"OH HOLY S***!"
So again, it depends on the situation.
This is a hot button for me.  "Some" of my
colleagues in the area will not help a company
in trouble until they let them upgrade all
their systems and software to current versions.
It is unethical make work.  And it usually winds
up in a horrible disaster.
I, on the other hand, only upgrade them if it is
necessary to get them up and running again.
If they want to upgrade, I tell them the
ramifications, both good and bad.  After that,
if they still want to upgrade, I will take
their money.  But only with their eyes wide
open.