Posted on 12/05/2015 7:43:59 AM PST by dayglored
Windows 10 IoT Core Pro lets thing-makers opt-out of security updates
Microsoft's released a new flavour of Windows 10.
Windows 10 IoT Core Pro is a version of the OS destined for original equipment manufacturers cooking up connected things.
Redmond says the Pro cut's big differentiator is "the ability to defer updates and control distribution of updates through Windows Server Update Services."
"With these servicing options," Microsoft's Billy Anders writes "we are bringing flexibility for our partners and customers to help meet their servicing needs while helping ensuring their devices are secure and managed."
That's a good thing if thing-makers don't implement updates so they can test them and make sure things won't break.
Or not a good thing, if a thing-maker decides to defer updates and therefore deprive things of fixes. And seeing as things are online ... you get the rest, starting with the probe for the state of a Windows IoT Core Pro device, the p0wnage that follows and the red faces as someone explains they had a perfectly good reason for turning off security updates.
Thing-makers have a dreadful track record of implementing patches, as the SOHOpeless state of routers and industrial control kit demonstrate.
The vanilla version of Windows 10 IoT Core has also earned some tweaks. There's a new "'direct memory access bus' driver that gives you the ability to run native code for the significant performance improvements in GPIO." Raspberry PI 2 owners "now have full support for the TX/RX pins" and support for Realtek Wi-Fi chipsets RTL8188EU and RTL8192EU. For those of you unfamiliar with those chipsets (shame on you) Microsoft says they're used in plenty of USB WiFi dongles, so support means easier wireless connections for things.
The article is so poorly written it is hard to say.
However, many corporate customers prefer to test updates before they are released - especially on critical servers.
All I got out of this is that ‘Win 10 IOT’ looks like hackerz-speak for WIN IDIOT.
Maybe it’s a coincidence...
I'm sure a lot still do, yes. OTOH, there are a lot of Embedded Windows devices out there, that are wildly out of date, too.
Like that old technical-support joke about the user with the "ID-ten-T" error...
It wouldn't be the first time Microsoft has come up with a name or acronym that has a "coincidental" unflattering alternate reading.
We found the one guy that likes Windows 8.1 lol. People bitch about anything.
Sheesh, no doubt! 8 was terrible!
I came very close to trying Windows 10 again. It was downloaded, but the install just sat there for what seemed like forever. So I rebooted and forgot about it.
Then I see all these horror stories.
I see Linux Mint just rolled out 17.3 version!
Gee, I flushed Flash down the drain a couple months ago over their reported crappy security.
Does this mean Adobe isn’t going to love me anymore, either?
(I’m beginning to wonder if some of these ‘puter folks are just trying to drive ALL their customers away. Must be some severe drugs going on in somebody’s little world....)
Thanks.... Like I posted before I am getting suspicious of Windows 10. I will not “upgrade” to it. And will probably move from Win7 to Win 8.1 at some point so I can get updates further into the future past 2020
Yup. That's one of the reasons I went to a DD-WRT router for the house.
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