__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 29 September 2006 23:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, ed
> <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:35:46 GMT
> <20060929213509.65eca5a1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:41:46 +0100
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Windows XP SP1 support ends October 10
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | A reminder for Microsoft customers out there who are using Windows
>>> XP | Service Pack (SP) 1 or 1a: Microsoft is ending support for those
>>> | Windows updates on October 10.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=21
>>>
>>> This relates to forced upgrades to Vista, which introduces 'useful'
>>> features such as DRM.
>>>
>>> Jo Foley has apparently got a contract with ZDNet (also Ziff Davis)
>>> while Peter Galli takes care of Microsoft Watch.
>>
>> If only we could patch the bugs ourselves... if only we had the sores
>> code.
>>
>> ... and on the other hand, 2.2 is still maintained on www.kernel.org.
>> And for good reason too as it's used in a lots of small devices.
>>
>> For the curious, all versions are available for download from
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/.
>>
>
> Including the inaugural one. :-)
...Or even Andrew Morton's Mm tree...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Morton_%28computer_programmer%29
Cutting-edge stuff for those who have spare box and wish to experiment with
customised kernels, I guess.
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