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I'm out of the loop here - I thought windows 10 would be the last version of windows released, and it would just have rolling updates for the foreseeable future

I'm out of the loop here - I thought windows 10 would be the last version of windows released, and it would just have rolling updates for the foreseeable future? What changed?

ninepoints 5y ago
Their minds :)
bombcar 5y ago
Apple took MacOS to 11. Seriously that’s probably more than half the reason.
- zamalek 5y ago
  That's absolutely my suspicion, too. Just look at all this hype. The smaller part of the reason is breaking compatibility with some hardware.
- morpheuskafka 5y ago
  But macOS 12 will release just before Windows 11 does (shortly after fall iPhone announcement vs. holiday season), since Apple has abandoned the use of yearly point releases for good. So that wouldn't work out very well for MS.
- Sebb767 5y ago
  But why would Microsoft care about that? Having the bigger OS number is really unimportant, else ChromeOS would dominate at version 90. Also, if that was really the case, they should've made the jump earlier and/or directly go to 12.
  - jlokier 5y ago
    Firefox is at about version 90 too. Perhaps Windows and MacOS track version numbers the same way as Firefox and Chrome.
  - pansa2 5y ago
    > Having the bigger OS number is really unimportant I can tell that you don’t work in marketing.
  - byecomputer 5y ago
    Marketing. People got downright hyphy about Big Sur and the M1 chip, and Microsoft, by comparison, has had virtually zero excitement points in the past decade. Having a new product renews interest in the brand. I haven't run Windows in years, but you bet your ass that when I saw 'Windows 11' I was like, whoa, what's this all about? Turns out it's a pretty tame, incremental update with a major version number slapped on, but I still clicked to find out what was up. That's worth something.
  - bombcar 5y ago
    90 is super far out - obviously out of scope. But when numbers are close they get compared. (I personally think we may see MacOS numbers start to move about as fast as iPhone numbers)
anothernewdude 5y ago
They learnt how bad rolling updates are. I used to use Arch until a libpng upgrade broke everything.
ShaneMcGowan 5y ago
They simply didn't forsee this far into the future
Frenchgeek 5y ago
They wanted to look like a dynamic and innovative company so they released a new theme and gave it a brand new version number? That or windows 10 still leave too much control of the machine to the user in their eyes... I think I'll watch that particular disaster from a safe distance.
IshKebab 5y ago
Must be partly due to the drastically changed minimum requirements. Would have been awkward to say Window 10.8364837 and earlier need this, but Windows 10.837492 and later need this. Support for Windows 10.8364837 will end in 2025.

I'm out of the loop here - I thought windows 10 would be the last version of windows released, and it would just have rolling updates for the foreseeable future? What changed?

ninepoints 5y ago

Their minds :)

bombcar 5y ago

Apple took MacOS to 11. Seriously that’s probably more than half the reason.

zamalek 5y ago
That's absolutely my suspicion, too. Just look at all this hype. The smaller part of the reason is breaking compatibility with some hardware.
morpheuskafka 5y ago
But macOS 12 will release just before Windows 11 does (shortly after fall iPhone announcement vs. holiday season), since Apple has abandoned the use of yearly point releases for good. So that wouldn't work out very well for MS.
Sebb767 5y ago
But why would Microsoft care about that? Having the bigger OS number is really unimportant, else ChromeOS would dominate at version 90. Also, if that was really the case, they should've made the jump earlier and/or directly go to 12.
- jlokier 5y ago
  Firefox is at about version 90 too. Perhaps Windows and MacOS track version numbers the same way as Firefox and Chrome.
- pansa2 5y ago
  > Having the bigger OS number is really unimportant I can tell that you don’t work in marketing.
- byecomputer 5y ago
  Marketing. People got downright hyphy about Big Sur and the M1 chip, and Microsoft, by comparison, has had virtually zero excitement points in the past decade. Having a new product renews interest in the brand. I haven't run Windows in years, but you bet your ass that when I saw 'Windows 11' I was like, whoa, what's this all about? Turns out it's a pretty tame, incremental update with a major version number slapped on, but I still clicked to find out what was up. That's worth something.
- bombcar 5y ago
  90 is super far out - obviously out of scope. But when numbers are close they get compared. (I personally think we may see MacOS numbers start to move about as fast as iPhone numbers)

anothernewdude 5y ago

They learnt how bad rolling updates are. I used to use Arch until a libpng upgrade broke everything.

ShaneMcGowan 5y ago

They simply didn't forsee this far into the future

Frenchgeek 5y ago

They wanted to look like a dynamic and innovative company so they released a new theme and gave it a brand new version number? That or windows 10 still leave too much control of the machine to the user in their eyes... I think I'll watch that particular disaster from a safe distance.

IshKebab 5y ago

Must be partly due to the drastically changed minimum requirements. Would have been awkward to say Window 10.8364837 and earlier need this, but Windows 10.837492 and later need this. Support for Windows 10.8364837 will end in 2025.