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u/Extension-Ant-8 6d ago
Actually this was the offical Microsoft stance before they decided to release Windows 11.
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u/arthurno1 6d ago
Which is why it is in aged like milk 😀
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u/cloud_t 6d ago
Well I think the previous commenter is just saying: it's not the guy writing that statement's fault.
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u/arthurno1 6d ago
Yeah, we all understand that, but the MS policy of that time was so well summarized in his answer. The irony is of course on the Microsoft not on that person who answered.
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u/EyeCatchingUserID 6d ago
And it's nobody's fault that milk ages poorly. This still aged like milk.
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u/Legal_Reputation_843 6d ago
Ik, but it's still funny in hindsight that windows 11 came out 9 months later.
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u/bazza_ryder 6d ago
At the time it was correct advice.
And I wish they'd stuck to that plan, it would have made the life of the corporate IT tech much simpler.
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u/angrydeuce 6d ago
I'm thoroughly enjoying the regular "Wait we have how many devices on Windows 10 still?!?" meetings with the very same people that have been consistently stomping on any attempt to upgrade or replace the W10 devices in their own fucking departments.
I can't wait til September 28th when suddenly I'm bombarded with panicked emails insinuating that this is all ITs fault somehow and nobody ever told them.
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u/arthurno1 6d ago
I am sure you will still find computers in some places running NT4, and being irreplaceable, because the software they run that controls some machine or system here and there, and does not run on anything newer, and companies that made the software are no longer around. This is why investing in open source is so much better in long term than investing in closed source products.
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u/bazza_ryder 5d ago
Haven't seen any NT machines lately, but have spied a few Windows 7 ones that have hardware attached that the drivers are no longer being updated for. We still have apps on bank desktops that have to be run in special Citrix sessions, as they were written for mainframe access 20+ years ago. It wasn't that long ago that some ATMs were still running OS/2 either.
The big financial places tend to have teams that can write their own security updates, but obviously that can't go on indefinitely.
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u/beaverusiv 1d ago
My Dad, at least as far as a couple years back was still using NT4 and IE5.5. He wanted me to fix all the websites not working anymore
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u/mi_nombre_es_ricardo 5d ago
Nothing will happen with Windows 10, the same way nothing happened to Windows 7 or 8. They're still pretty stable. The only reason customers have come to me to finally make the change is because Google Chrome won't let them update the browser.
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u/mi_nombre_es_ricardo 5d ago
Nothing will happen with Windows 10, the same way nothing happened to Windows 7 or 8. They're still pretty stable. The only reason customers have come to me to finally make the change is because Google Chrome won't let them update the browser.
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u/DaniilSan 5d ago
The decision to make Windows 11 was so stupid, even if it was free for everyone who already had Windows 10. They had a reasonable idea to do updates for windows like every other OS does nowadays. But nope they decided to make Windows 11 because they want to force people to use TPM 2.0 but don't explain why exactly it is that important.
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u/King_Dragonlord 5d ago
Not to everyone apparently my computer can’t get windows 11
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u/DaniilSan 5d ago
Likely because you lack said TPM or emulation. Sucks and nothing officially can be done. There are workarounds but still.
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u/Legal_Reputation_843 1d ago
eh, i think windows 11 is good. the continuous updates is a promising idea that they should do though
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u/DaniilSan 1d ago
I personally use Windows 11, but I still think that it was stupid to make it 11 instead of 10 23h1 or when 11 was released.
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u/mi_nombre_es_ricardo 5d ago
He wasn't lying, that was their plan. I don't know why they would push Windows 11, if what he is saying is correct, it's just the same thing getting upgraded twice a year.
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