Microsoft's Nadella Should Patch IE Bug for Windows XP

Poor Satya Nadella. The Microsoft CEO is facing what is sure to become a consumer sh*t storm: Security researchers discovered a major Internet Explorer vulnerability — a so-called “zero-day” attack — that affects all versions of Internet Explorer from 6 to 11.

There will be a patch and it will protect everyone who downloads and installs. However, for the millions and millions of existing Windows XP users, there will never be a patch. Microsoft ended all support, including security updates, as of April 8.

Nadella didn’t make this choice, Microsoft set the end of life (EOL) date for Windows XP years ago and has been trying to shepherd users to newer versions of its desktop operating system for over a decade. Read more...