Windows 10: the Last Version of Windows?
www.pcmag.com
Instead of releasing a whole new version every few years, Microsoft plans to improve Windows through regular updates.

Raising this dead article as Microsoft now delivers extended support pricing details for those who choose not to migrate to the newer version of Windows. The one they were told they’d not ever have to migrate to

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    7 months ago

    Everyone that was paying attention to the Microsoft Windows support lifecycle web page back then knew that statement was horse shit.

    • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      7 months ago

      Well, on one hand you had one line in a table in a formal web page.

      On the other, you had that very awkward phrasing (if he merely meant ‘latest’):

      because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we’re all still working on Windows 10,

      But maybe that was a misunderstanding and he did mean ‘latest’, but in the flurry of internet coverage, Microsoft never issued a statement highlighting the misunderstanding. Instead they let that run rampant.

      In fact, it was very consistent with a lot that happened with Windows 10:

      • The mass “free to upgrade for everyone going back to 7” toward the goal of getting their userbase largely on a consistent vintage that is more supportable
      • The twice a year major updates that were pitched as ‘new features and functions’, with a more ‘rolling release’ feel

      So while certainly that one lifecycle page did have it stated, I have to wonder why Microsoft was mum on the subject even as their community was ‘getting it wrong’. I wouldn’t be surprised if the reality is that they were seriously considering it. That guy might have even meant ‘last’ because he thought the ‘eternal update’ camp were going to win out.