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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Windows 10 is coming up on 10 years old. Things can't live forever.

MS learned that from XP.

[–] foo@feddit.uk 14 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I recall them saying Windows 10 would be a rolling release and it would be the last one you ever had to buy. Could be wrong though. I don't pay much attention because I haven't used it since Windows 7. I don't have a link to back this up, just my hazy memory.

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You are wrong. Some random guy said that on Twitter and people ran with it. It was never officially stated by Microsoft.

[–] foo@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Here are three sources reporting that Microsoft employee Jerry Nixon announced it at Microsoft's Ignite conference in 2015. They announced the transition to "Windows as a service" model, and it is also reported that Satya Nadella described this as a "new era" for computing.

https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-version-of-windows

https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-may-be-last-version-windows-microsoft-rethinks-operating-system

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57443598

I don't have a link to a Microsoft source, or the original video/audio, but the sources are reputable enough that I'm sticking with my original statement.

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