<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 11:42 AM Alex Carver via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I've got a DOD desktop machine managed by an IT contractor. The software<br>
gets updated on 3-6 month intervals depending on the testing complexity<br>
while the hardware is cycled out every three years. Not every DOD<br>
contract is so rigid that they don't upgrade or hold on tooth and nail.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sounds about right. Servers can get OS patches from the vendor on monthly updates while applications are at the whim of the vendor.</div><div> </div></div></div>