Digital BW, The Print

Bob Frost writes:

> But Windows is broken!

XP has worked fine for me for years, and I need it to continue doing so
for my photo and other work.  Goofing around with updates would thus be
completely illogical for me.

> It was/is riddled with security holes ...

Windows XP is one of the most secure PC operating systems available,
since it is built on the NT code base.  I've never had a security
problem with it.

> ... which account for the vast majority of virus infections and most
> of the spam that we receive.

People who send spam account for the spam; it has nothing to do with
security.  And people who are stupid enough to click on attachments
account for the virus infections, which again has very little to do with
OS security.  Most of both occur on Windows because virtually everyone
runs Windows.

> The updates are to cure these problems and to try and rid us of
> viruses, trojans, and spam.

I don't have these problems, so I don't need a cure.

> I've been updating XP on several computers ever
> since it came out with the weekly/monthly updates and have had no problems
> at all with them. My spam level has reduced drastically since installing
> SP2.

Microsoft thanks you, I'm sure.  I can't afford that kind of risk
myself.