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Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year (www.theverge.com)
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[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

Remember when Microsoft said Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows?

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Hmm, but did they say the last version of Windows, or the last version of Windows you're going to buy? And if it's the latter, is the upgrade to Windows 11 free? If yes, then technically it's still correct.

[–] itsmegeorge@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 hours ago

r/technicallythetruth ?

[–] K4mpfie@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They never actually said this. Some MS Engineer did and the press ran with it.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 56 minutes ago (1 children)

And even that engineer only said "last" to mean "latest", which is obvious from context, but why let that get in the way of clickbaity articles.

[–] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

That's the stupidest way to say that. Of course when it's released it will be the latest release.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Remember when Billiam Gates said nobody would ever need more than 640kb of RAM?

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I 'member.

Twas Dickity 14 or so, and I plan to make good on Microsofts words.