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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Windows 10 Lives!
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:12:25 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-06-14, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On 6 Jun 2024 21:33:18 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>
>> Even weirder, M$ is recruiting Insider beta testers for Windows 10.
>
> Interesting analysis here
><https://www.computerworld.com/article/2140508/why-microsoft-keeps-adding-new-features-to-windows-10.html>.
> Basically the Windows division has been through three different
> leaders in the past year. You can imagine the effect of that kind of
> thing on the morale of the troops.
>
> Why keep shuffling the leadership? Because Microsoft doesn’t have any
> clear vision for where Windows is heading.

I'm pretty sure support for Windows 10 will be extended. Microsoft only ends 
support "on time" when it's an unpopular version of Windows. So I tend not 
to believe their insistence that "this time" we "really mean it."

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