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You're kidding right? Microsoft comes out with a new OS practically every other year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_operating_systems https:

by golfer 8y ago

You're kidding right? Microsoft comes out with a new OS practically every other year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_operating_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_operating_sy...

mey 8y ago
Currently everything is based on Windows Core or has been discontinued. Xbox One has moved to Windows 10/Core, was previously based on top of Windows 8. Windows Mobile has been discontinued, and even had migrated to a Windows NT kernel before it was discontinued. ( https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-windows-phone-8-finally-gets-a-real-windows-core/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-windows-phone-8-fin... ) Not sure the status of Windows CE from an official support perspective (their life-cycle page isn't working for it) but their documentation lists as disconnected as of 2014. I also don't believe any of their experimental OS projects are still active. ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/operating-systems-technologies-os-tech/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/operating-sys... ) At the end of all that, you can argue that there are two operating systems at Microsoft currently. Xbox One and Windows 10. The UI of the XBox is a sufficiently large enough gap in design/functionality that I would concede it to be a separate entity. Edit: There was a concerted effort at MS to get on to a single OS around the Windows 8/Mobile days. This was also the death of CE and switch to Windows 8 between XBox 360 and XBox one. Granted the backlash of the tablet style interface of Windows 8 was not insignificant, but you see it's refinement in Windows 10 today.
- ianai 8y ago
  I think of it as Microsoft’s OSes differentiate by features aka marketing weasels. They’re essentially the same OS otherwise. MS markets this as backwards compatibility at times as well. I think that’s a good feature that Google doesn't appear to be making a priority. Having said all of that, I’m sick of googles abandoning of products. I loved my 2013 Pixel 7. They essentially sell goods and services only to ignore them when it suits them.

by golfer 8y ago

mey 8y ago

Currently everything is based on Windows Core or has been discontinued. Xbox One has moved to Windows 10/Core, was previously based on top of Windows 8. Windows Mobile has been discontinued, and even had migrated to a Windows NT kernel before it was discontinued. ( https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-windows-phone-8-finally-gets-a-real-windows-core/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-windows-phone-8-fin... ) Not sure the status of Windows CE from an official support perspective (their life-cycle page isn't working for it) but their documentation lists as disconnected as of 2014. I also don't believe any of their experimental OS projects are still active. ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/operating-systems-technologies-os-tech/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/operating-sys... ) At the end of all that, you can argue that there are two operating systems at Microsoft currently. Xbox One and Windows 10. The UI of the XBox is a sufficiently large enough gap in design/functionality that I would concede it to be a separate entity. Edit: There was a concerted effort at MS to get on to a single OS around the Windows 8/Mobile days. This was also the death of CE and switch to Windows 8 between XBox 360 and XBox one. Granted the backlash of the tablet style interface of Windows 8 was not insignificant, but you see it's refinement in Windows 10 today.

ianai 8y ago
I think of it as Microsoft’s OSes differentiate by features aka marketing weasels. They’re essentially the same OS otherwise. MS markets this as backwards compatibility at times as well. I think that’s a good feature that Google doesn't appear to be making a priority. Having said all of that, I’m sick of googles abandoning of products. I loved my 2013 Pixel 7. They essentially sell goods and services only to ignore them when it suits them.