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On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:20:49 -0400, Nick Charles wrote:

> Why would it stop working?  Hardware failures, sure.  That can happen to
> anything.   But the software is not "obsolete".  Windows 10 will
> continue to run just fine.

Until the hardware breaks. And the vendor won’t (or can’t) provide a
reasonably-priced replacement, but requires you to upgrade to a whole new
model.

> For example.   My wife works in a research lab.   There are several
> machines there (Gas chromatography, etc.) that rely on Windows 10 PCs
> for control/results/reports.   These computers are NOT on the company
> network.   The only network is between the PC, the machine it is
> controlling and a local printer.   Thus, no chance of malware infections
> and also no critical need to upgrade.  These are definitely
> "mission-critical business operations".

How long is the expected life of that system? 10 years? 20 years? Did you
lock in a support contract for that length of time, to include upgrades/
fixes to the software as necessary?

If not, why not?

> Besides, unless you are talking about web apps, the "mission-critical
> business operations" that are currently running on Windows are not going
> to run on Linux.

Most of the business world is in the cloud these days. And the cloud is
predominantly Linux.