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Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] knightly@pawb.social 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (9 children)

As long as you want, assuming that you're fine with the security risks and everything that's rendered incompatible in the future.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I've seen POS systems in local burrito shops still running Windows 7... native, not a VM...

[–] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 17 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I saw a bottle return machine running Windows 98.

[–] RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I worked in a company which ran everything down to MS-DOS

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Two years ago I quit a company that was using a database (with sensitive user PII like social security numbers in the db) accessible via unencrypted TELNET. Not SSH, TELNET. I'm not fucking shitting you.

I worked there for one week and was like "fuuuuuuuuuuck this" and lied and said I had a better offer and tendered my resignation. I wasn't part of the IT department and I wasn't going to go down for an incompetent IT department.

[–] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

Yup. Currently working at a company that has machines still running ms-dos due to them being critical and still working fine.

Well they're fine until you can't find replacement parts on Ebay anymore.

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