They only managed to pry Windows 7 from my grip a few months ago and I'll be riding Windows 10 LTSC all the way to 2032...and probably longer if my previous rig is anything to go by.
Windows 7 was a beautifully matured product. All they needed to do was keep it stable and patch security vulnerabilities and it would be fine for another twenty years. Everything past that operating system has been a degradation in quality and control of the system.
They already have their enterprise licensing shit for that. They make ungodly amounts of money licensing their OS and office software to businesses. They didn't need to burn their good products to the ground, they just needed to continue charging businesses for products that worked like they'd been doing for years already.
I thoroughly reject the premise that they needed to change the OS in order to sell it again because they were already on the subscription model for perpetual revenue.
Remember to upgrade to Windows 11 by October 14, cattle.
Last remaining Windows XP users: "YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!!!"
They only managed to pry Windows 7 from my grip a few months ago and I'll be riding Windows 10 LTSC all the way to 2032...and probably longer if my previous rig is anything to go by.
Windows 7 was a beautifully matured product. All they needed to do was keep it stable and patch security vulnerabilities and it would be fine for another twenty years. Everything past that operating system has been a degradation in quality and control of the system.
You can't make money making a great long-lasting product. Gotta push shit shovelware 24/7.
They already have their enterprise licensing shit for that. They make ungodly amounts of money licensing their OS and office software to businesses. They didn't need to burn their good products to the ground, they just needed to continue charging businesses for products that worked like they'd been doing for years already.
I thoroughly reject the premise that they needed to change the OS in order to sell it again because they were already on the subscription model for perpetual revenue.