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Re: Vendors's DUMB question
From: "Wayne J. Hauber" <wjhauber () iastate edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:14:01 -0500
At 10:47 AM 9/9/2006, Kevin McAleavey wrote:
I'm almost embarassed to ask this one as we haven't had a corporate customer in EONS still using NT 3.x or 4.x on their networks, but figgered I'd put this out to others who deal with curmudgeon customers in hopes of finding out if there's still any "NT" users alive out there?
I encounter NT systems on an infrequent basis at my university. I see them one by one as they are compromised by intruders :-)
Usually they run a specialized application that was installed years ago and cannot be upgraded. Some are controllers for very expensive research instruments.
These systems are thought of as "appliances" by their owners. They serve a need as any appliance should and are never touched by upgrades during their life-span. At one time, computers could be treated as appliances...the owners would be very happy if that was true today.
I don't know if any of my NT owners would be interested in your software. They simply want their appliances and are not interested in the underlying OS, security or malware.
Wayne Hauber (515) 294-9890 Information Technology Services IT Security and Policies 297 Durham Center, ISU, Ames, Iowa 50011wjhauber () iastate edu
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