Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Sep 23 12:04:32 CDT 2013
That is true....especially stateside. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at gmail.com> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 4:20:25 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Dire warnings Unfortunately every publicly held.company WILL be forced to kill off their xp boxes "just in case". GK On Sunday, September 22, 2013, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote: > Where the message came from is the key. > > FUD to sell new hardware. > > -- > Stuart > > On 22 Sep 2013 at 12:37, Jim Lawrence wrote: > >> Hi All: >> >> I have been receiving warnings similar to the following link: >> >> http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/xp-nightmare-whitepaper.shtml?elq >> _mid=3168&Jelq_cid=848849&v=BCC1h_WP_Nightmare&ls=ENT_HL_MOB_XP_BCC1h&s >> f=701a0000000ewMV&ecid=CLENO000000848849&elq=0cc0db94d81b44ecbbfc35a10b >> 2d2746 >> >> Where the above message came from is curious to me but there seems to >> be a number of such messages going out and they seem like just some >> scare tactic. Some of my client's have also been receiving them and >> they are all getting very concerned. >> >> They can always move up to a later version of Windows but I have been >> assembling a Linux replacement build in-case the price is more than >> they want to pay. I just don't know which way to go on this but will >> have to play it by ear. >> >> Any suggestions or comments will be great-fully accepted. >> >> Jim >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com