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In fairness, Windows 10 was marketed as the Last OS. I could see how someone would take this into account when choosing an OS. Its not their fault the rug was p
by amflare 1y ago
In fairness, Windows 10 was marketed as the Last OS. I could see how someone would take this into account when choosing an OS. Its not their fault the rug was pulled out from under them.
- karmakurtisaani 1y agoAh ok, I wasn't aware of that. What a strange promise to make..
- vel0city 1y agoThey didn't make that promise.
- p_ing 1y agoMicrosoft never made the Windows 10 "last OS" statement, nor endorse Jerry Nixon, a developer evangelist, who said it.
- kbolino 1y agoThey did a pretty poor job of managing the press around it though. The closest thing we ever got to a definitive statement was when they announced Windows 11.
- p_ing 1y agoI agree, they did a poor job at countering the statement and I don't think they countered the statement at all. None the less, it was never a Microsoft official statement.
- theandrewbailey 1y agoWhen he said that, he was a Microsoft employee working on Windows being paid to speak at a Microsoft sponsored event. That's about as official as one can get outside of a board meeting. The statement was well publicized, so almost everyone knew about it. Microsoft had several years and numerous opportunities to correct the record on the matter, but they didn't, so the statement is assumed to be true.
- vel0city 1y agoHe said it as an aside when giving a talk about developing live tiles. Not exactly some big announcement.
- p_ing 1y agoEven so, does it matter? Do you think the fictional "Windows 10 Forever" edition wouldn't eventually incorporate required features that didn't function on some class of hardware?