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>Why Microsoft is calling Windows 10 'the last version of Windows' https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-ve... There you see again what Microsoft's statements are worth.
Everyone jokes about it finally being "the year of the linux desktop", but a few years ago that actually did happen to my circle. Between a mac for work and linux at home, I actually haven't touched windows in a number of years at this point, and interestingly, neither have a reasonable number of the technical people I interact with. Of the nontechnical people around me, many of them have transitioned to primarily us…
> The only people I know who still use windows adamantly are PC gamers, and they're all still on windows 7. According to Steam, 92.87% of its users are on Windows 10 and only 0.16% are still on Windows 7. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
How can that be true, when a Hacker News comment clearly stated otherwise?
The main thing that would be of interest to me: - Have they replaced/improved the NT kernel [1]? - Have they replaced the ancient registry? [2] The answer to either was not to be found. I'll bet windows 11 will still be a backwards-compatible mess if the answer to either is `no`. [1]: http://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-w... [2]: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/why-the-windows-regist...
>Why Microsoft is calling Windows 10 'the last version of Windows' https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-ve... There you see again what Microsoft's statements are worth.
The article you link is pretty clear that they did not commit to the "windows 10" name forever ( "We aren’t speaking to future branding at this time" ), but rather to a model with more smaller regular updates. Which a no-cost update fits in, even if they change the name.
>Why Microsoft is calling Windows 10 'the last version of Windows' https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-ve... There you see again what Microsoft's statements are worth.
They’re doing a free upgrade for W10 users, and making a new “numbered version”, to signify the significant changes. I’m not sure why this is that problematic?
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So, Windows 10 is my daily-driver (Enterprise eds), and I love it. I'm a big fan of Windows in general. But Microsoft did say that Windows 10 was going to be theast version of Windows, with incremental updates thereafter; I don't see why they need to change that to accommodate what appears to be little more than an unwanted UI refresh with more crappy AI-driven news feeds that nobody wants. From everything I've seen,…
Why does it matter to you as an end user, if they change the version number?
>Why Microsoft is calling Windows 10 'the last version of Windows' https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-ve... There you see again what Microsoft's statements are worth.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
So, Windows 10 is my daily-driver (Enterprise eds), and I love it. I'm a big fan of Windows in general. But Microsoft did say that Windows 10 was going to be theast version of Windows, with incremental updates thereafter; I don't see why they need to change that to accommodate what appears to be little more than an unwanted UI refresh with more crappy AI-driven news feeds that nobody wants. From everything I've seen,…
Why does it matter to you as an end user, if they change the version number?
> We’re also pumped to announce that we are bringing Android apps to Windows for the first time This is super cool, but honestly I don't see myself using any Android apps on Windows.
The way it's worded also implies it's going to be a loooong road before it's anything like production ready. Like you though, I can't imagine why I'd want to use Android apps on my desktop... I'd prefer to use my Android phone/tablet, where such apps were designed to run. Now, I'm thinking maybe I'm not the target market for this feature... but then I wonder, who is ? For example, they mention TikTok - does your aver…