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No, that is not what I said. Maybe I wasn't clear enough the first time. Let me try again.
Theymos has made many modifications to the forum software, primarily to patch security issues. I don't know the extent of the changes, but you can search around for them in this forum as they have been mentioned in many posts by Theymos in the past. These changes may not be compatible with the latest software. Introducing these mods to the updated software could introduce new security holes yet those changes may be desired for this forum. To add those changes and then hunt down any potential security bugs is probably not worth the effort. [...]
You know that copy of Windows for Workgroups you're still running, because the custom security patches you made would be a 'big pain in the ass' to port to Windows 8?
You know how you're writing your own OS from scratch, so you could use those security cludges you wrote?
Well, some claim you might be OK going with Windows 8, even tho
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When new software versions are released nowadays, some of the security holes from the previous versions often get (by oversight and due to shabby workmanship) omitted. Making them difficult, if not outright impossible, to 're-patch.' [...]