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> when they stop releasing security updates in a little under 2 years. Not going to happen unless MS itself shuts down or they decide to exit the desktop OS ma
by dingo_bat 9y ago
> when they stop releasing security updates in a little under 2 years.
Not going to happen unless MS itself shuts down or they decide to exit the desktop OS market.
- khedoros1 9y agoAre you saying that you think they'll re-extend the Windows 7 extended support period, or did you assume that I was talking about Windows 10?
- dingo_bat 9y agoI am assuming you are talking about Win10. Because you should not be using deprecated software on the internet.
- khedoros1 9y agoUntil January 2020, Microsoft is producing security patches for Windows 7. I'll continue using it until that time. Past that point, it'll be a fallback for software that I can't get running under Linux (similar to the positions that XP, 98, and DOS fill for me). If Microsoft only wants to support new software, they should make new software that people want to switch to without being tricked, forced, and coerced into it.