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On Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:56:21 -0500, JimP wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:12:52 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> 
>>On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 11:12:54 AM UTC-4, Dave Garland wrote:
>>
>>> Near as I could tell, the new MS versions were mostly a way to goad
>>> people into unnecessary "upgrades" and generate repeat sales. Some
>>> people just  want the new shiny, and some were frightened when the
>>> popup appeared that said "if you save in the old format, you're
>>> probably going to break things". And some because people were sending
>>> them documents they couldn't open any more.
>>
>>Microsoft and the hardware makers followed the auto industry model of
>>planned obsolescence.  My old PC physically works reasonably well, but
>>the software is obsolete and difficult to use for many tasks since it is
>>no longer compatible.
>>
>>Note that IBM provided old system compatibility going back 40 years.
>>Would it kill the PC industry to provide that?
>>
>>As mentioned, they upgrade and upgrade but really don't improve anything.
> 
> Several computer experts, that know of the inder workings of Windows than
> I do, told me the various upgrades of Windows are just patches that MS is
> selling as new versions'.
> 
> I don't agree that all of Windows is like that, but it seems to me much of
> it is.

The Register - "74 countries hit by NSA-powered WannaCrypt ransomware
backdoor: Emergency fixes emitted by Microsoft for WinXP+"
13 May 2017

I refer you to Page 7 of a discussion regarding the above.

"Why isn't the true culprit being blamed?" which appears to have been
posted by an ex-MS employee. And also what appears to be his follow up,
a little lower down as "jmcc"...or maybe it's another ex-MS employee.

In either case, they back up what you've been told.

https://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/7/2017/05/13/wannacrypt_ransomware_worm/