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Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] Blaster_M 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

This is like people complaining about how Ubuntu 16.04 LTS support ended not long ago (2021-04-29)

Or macOS 10.9 Mavericks (2016-12-01)

Or Android 6.0 (2018-08-01)

Or Debian 8 "Jessie" (2018-06-17)

Or Linux Mint 17 (2019-07-01)

Or Fedora 23 (2016-12-20)

Or Slackware 14.1 (2024-01-01)

Of all of these, not even Slackware comes close to how long Microsoft has supported Windows 10 post release (2015)

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

To my knowledge upgrading to the newer release of any of those linux distros was not blocked by having only slightly old and perfectly serviceable hardware.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

To my knowledge upgrading to the newer release of any of those linux distros did not cost any money to the users, either.

[–] M600 5 points 3 months ago

Apple hardware would like to have a word with you.

[–] Blaster_M 1 points 3 months ago

32-bit -> 64-bit

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but you don't migrate to Windows 11 from those.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Windows XP. 2001–2019. If 10 beats that I'll be impressed

[–] Blaster_M 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

2014.... the POS edition (basically LTSC) was 2019

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I'm counting that–which means I also have to count Windows 10 IoT, whose support ends in 2032. XP still wins!

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 1 points 3 months ago

I migrated someone running mission critical software off of CentOS 6 this year.

People hate upgrades.