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[Oleg Goldshmidt]

"E.S. Rosenberg" <esr+linux-il at g.jct.ac.il> writes:

> On 1/6/2014 2:26 AM, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
>>
>> Sounds a bit harsh. A device cannot possibly become less useful with
>> time than it was when you bought it (barring a HW malfunction). If it
>> did then what it says on the tin it will still do it now, won't it?
>> Without any new software...

> If you're willing to use a device with outdated software containing
> known dangerous vulnerabilities, it almost like running an unpatched
> version of Windows then what you say is correct.

We are not discussing past-EOL versions here, so the implicit assumption
is that critical security updates are provided, without downgrading
functionality.

-- 
Oleg Goldshmidt | pub at goldshmidt.org