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> Similarly, if Microsoft promises Windows 10 is the last "Windows Version", then launches Windows 11, we should be allowed to sue them for making false stateme

> Similarly, if Microsoft promises Windows 10 is the last "Windows Version", then launches Windows 11, we should be allowed to sue them for making false statements. What damages would you claim?

Grum9 3y ago
One new PC for everyone without a TPM switch in their current system locked out of the windows 11 upgrade?
- brewdad 3y ago
  So far they are still supporting Windows 10 for those customers. If that ceases, then you might have a claim.
  - tcfhgj 3y ago
    Supporting meaning only security updates
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Prickle 3y ago
In theory, we would force Microsoft to support Windows 10 for one lifetime. That would still qualify as the "Last Edition of Windows", just for your life. If not possible, then Microsoft should refund every single Windows 10 purchase, as well as all license fees stemming from that same claim.
- listenallyall 3y ago
  But Microsoft would say, we now support 11, everyone got a free upgrade, it's better, therefore nobody is harmed.
  - Prickle 3y ago
    That would definitely sounds like what they would say. The answer would simply be "It's not Windows10." They promised Windows 10 as the last edition. It doesn't matter whether Windows11 is an upgrade or not. Microsoft explicitly made a marketing statement declaring that all future updates to "Windows" would be updates for Windows10, not new editions. Further more, the Microsoft Corporation explicitly stated that "There will be no Windows 11". Further quotes : "Right now we're releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we're all still working on Windows 10," Jerry Nixon Any other claims by Microsoft are automatically denied, pay up or get fucked. I wish that was how it worked.
    - listenallyall 3y ago
      Who the fuck is Jerry Nixon? Again, they gave you a free upgrade. What exactly are your damages (and no, "Microsoft lied" is not damage)?
      - Prickle 3y ago
        Jerry Nixon is a senior project manager at Microsoft. He made that statement to the press. > Speaking at Microsoft’s Ignite conference in Chicago, developer evangelist Jerry Nixon said: “Right now we’re releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we’re all still working on Windows 10.” > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/11/windows-10-last-version-microsoft https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/11/windows-1... --- > Again, they gave you a free upgrade. What exactly are your damages (and no, "Microsoft lied" is not damage)? Doesn't matter. They pulled a bait and switch. They refund all Windows10 license purchases which were predicated on the expectation of Windows 10 being the last version. The time period would be from the first time they officially made that claim, all the way till the official announcement of Windows11. They shouldn't get to claim "This is the last version we will ever release, there will never be anything better", then turn around and shit on the statement.
        listenallyall 3y ago

> Similarly, if Microsoft promises Windows 10 is the last "Windows Version", then launches Windows 11, we should be allowed to sue them for making false statements. What damages would you claim?

Grum9 3y ago

One new PC for everyone without a TPM switch in their current system locked out of the windows 11 upgrade?

brewdad 3y ago
So far they are still supporting Windows 10 for those customers. If that ceases, then you might have a claim.
- tcfhgj 3y ago
  Supporting meaning only security updates

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Prickle 3y ago

In theory, we would force Microsoft to support Windows 10 for one lifetime. That would still qualify as the "Last Edition of Windows", just for your life. If not possible, then Microsoft should refund every single Windows 10 purchase, as well as all license fees stemming from that same claim.

listenallyall 3y ago
But Microsoft would say, we now support 11, everyone got a free upgrade, it's better, therefore nobody is harmed.
- Prickle 3y ago
  That would definitely sounds like what they would say. The answer would simply be "It's not Windows10." They promised Windows 10 as the last edition. It doesn't matter whether Windows11 is an upgrade or not. Microsoft explicitly made a marketing statement declaring that all future updates to "Windows" would be updates for Windows10, not new editions. Further more, the Microsoft Corporation explicitly stated that "There will be no Windows 11". Further quotes : "Right now we're releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we're all still working on Windows 10," Jerry Nixon Any other claims by Microsoft are automatically denied, pay up or get fucked. I wish that was how it worked.
  - listenallyall 3y ago
    Who the fuck is Jerry Nixon? Again, they gave you a free upgrade. What exactly are your damages (and no, "Microsoft lied" is not damage)?
    - Prickle 3y ago
      Jerry Nixon is a senior project manager at Microsoft. He made that statement to the press. > Speaking at Microsoft’s Ignite conference in Chicago, developer evangelist Jerry Nixon said: “Right now we’re releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we’re all still working on Windows 10.” > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/11/windows-10-last-version-microsoft https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/11/windows-1... --- > Again, they gave you a free upgrade. What exactly are your damages (and no, "Microsoft lied" is not damage)? Doesn't matter. They pulled a bait and switch. They refund all Windows10 license purchases which were predicated on the expectation of Windows 10 being the last version. The time period would be from the first time they officially made that claim, all the way till the official announcement of Windows11. They shouldn't get to claim "This is the last version we will ever release, there will never be anything better", then turn around and shit on the statement.
      - listenallyall 3y ago