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Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life

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Re: Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life

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Post by ENOTTY »

simias wrote: post #19
_pmf_ wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My uneducated guess would be to make reverse engineering exploits from patches harder.

That doesn't make a lot of sense to me since we're talking about EOL software that won't receive patches in the first place. I can't think of any good reason to get rid of that besides maybe "we're revamping the website and can't be bothered to port that bit".

If you read more in the thread, Intel is also removing old gpu and nic drivers for currently supported hardware. There’s no other reason to do that other than to obstruct patch diffing.

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Post by squarefoot »

beauzero wrote: post #23
simias wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That doesn't make a lot of sense to me since we're talking about EOL software that won't receive patches in the first place. I can't think of any good reason to get rid of that besides maybe "we're revamping the website and can't be bothered to port that bit".

Drive sales of hardware. If you can't get drivers you have to purchase something you can get drivers for.

This was my first thought as well, although I never expected Intel willing to resort to such low tricks since it indicates they don't care at all about their customers. I would expect that move from a used car shady salesman, not from Intel: there are businesses out there that would be forced to ditch perfectly working hardware just because of this. I'll surely consider moving elsewhere in the future.

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Post by degenerate »

squarefoot wrote: post #22

Now if I was an AMD exec I'd suddenly announce that "all versions of all our drivers for all hardware on all platforms will be available forever".

Don't hold your breath. AMD has been terrible at marketing themselves against Intel for nearly 2 decades.

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Post by userbinator »

Microsoft did a similar thing silently to their downloads[1] and KB articles, but fortunately the majority of it --- if not all --- has been archived somewhere.

Now if only archive.org would make it all searchable...

[1] a notable example being "Calculator Plus", a 9x/2K/XP-style calculator with some enhancements, but the name has since been reused for a horrible bloated and slow buggy "app".

Re: Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life

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Post by lonelappde »

Headline is unsubstantiated and false.

Intel is no longer serving BIOS updates for at least one product that was released 16 years ago and last manufactured 15 years(!) ago. You've had 15 years to make copies of the BIOS files for your needs, and you can still use the original BIOS on your device.

Nothing to see here.

Re: Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life

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Post by lonelappde »

vardump wrote: post #9

I can't believe this. All these years I've been recommending Intel products because of their long term support. I know these boards are legacy, but does it really cost them that much to host the files for occasional downloaders? One would have thought they'd tread carefully after so many recent PR hits, but I guess not.

Is 15 years not long term enough support for you?

Re: Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life

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Post by twobat »

degenerate wrote: post #35
squarefoot wrote: post #22

Now if I was an AMD exec I'd suddenly announce that "all versions of all our drivers for all hardware on all platforms will be available forever".

Don't hold your breath. AMD has been terrible at marketing themselves against Intel for nearly 2 decades.

It almost felt like a cartel. At least for us, the consumers on the desktop side.
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