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Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
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Re: Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
#32Checking app compatibility is going to be fun
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#33I'm not happy with this. I waited on XP until they got over vista, and I'm still on 7 while I watch in bemusement at the windows 8.1 nonsense. Now, with windows 10, my security updates will come bundled with my unwanted OS changes. I doubt microsoft will let people opt out of unwanted cloud-based security risks or crazy interface experiments.
> Now, with windows 10, my security updates will come bundled with my unwanted OS changes. This is going to be utter and complete chaos for any organization that performs strict change management and compatibility testing. It's already hard enough to push out normal security updates for some organizations, so having to mix in feature or even kernel changes is going to be a nightmare...
I think there will be some problems, but I don't think it will be that bad. The web has coped perfectly fine with continuously-updated browsers.
A significant proportion of 'change management' is pointless, box-ticking bureaucracy and achieves nothing. Just look at any large company's mostly semi-broken IT systems!
Critical infrastructure probably shouldn't be running on desktop Windows anyway, so it's not going to affected. At the other end of the spectrum, if Bob in Marketing's copy of Microsoft Word stops working for a day or two while Microsoft patches something - well, who cares. Hopefully the benefits from a rolling-release system will outweigh that.
Hopefully continuously-updated operating systems will encourage enterprise software vendors to avoid using undocumented/non-standard features, and we'll all be better off.
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#34I use Arch which does the rolling release thingy and I love it.
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#35How does that work exactly? Will they require a subscription? I have a hard time believing most Windows users who right now think they are getting "Windows for free" with their laptop and never have to worry about it again, would agree to pay Microsoft even $1 a month for it. If there is no subscription then how will they charge users - per "major update"? Like some sort of Windows 10.1? What would happened to the Wi…
How will they enforce it? Will your laptop become a brick if you stop paying?
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#36Re: Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
#37I see the marketing people fell asleep at the switch here. With just a bit of effort, Windows could have been "the operating system that goes to 11."
Why don't you instead just make 10 better?
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#38...until the next version where they had to do a clean break to add in whatever new feature it will be
maybe a better take away is that microsoft will be maintaining their code and regularly pushing patches, as opposed to the very discrete service pack updates
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#39Off-topic rant: I used to live in a remote area, with very little connectivity. Upgrading tech used to involve traveling to a retailer, and buying the latest version off the shelf.
More recently, it involes traveling to a solid internet connection, downloading incremental updates and distributing them on location.
In Australia, satellite internet was subsidized in the 2000s (and easily eligible). Now, although still subsidized to some extent, you're on your own if you're on a supported line but your telco doesn't have the capacity.
It's a damn nightmare when large software is distributed in this manner for people with insufficient network access.
Note, this experience is from a small family business point of view, without dedicated tech support.
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I don't think it's that unique to have continuous upgrades without major versions. It just seems too generic, but hey, who knows. I've seen all sorts of nonsense things.