SecurityFocus HOME Columnists: Faith No More:
Microsoft is making great strides toward product security, and I’m proud to be part of the movement. But now it is time to fully commit to security by stopping support for products that can’t be secured. If clients are still using Windows 9x along with the associated legacy support software, it should be a pretty good indication that they are not really interested in paying for decent software security.
Maybe they think they already paid for it and don’t see why they should pay for their vendor not doing it right the first time . . .
And the notion that it’s only the older versions (WIN9x) that are unsecureable is laughable. We see exploits against the newer, more secure versions as well. Great strides, indeed . . .