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posted by cmn32480 on Sunday April 16 2017, @08:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the get-on-the-upgrade-treadmill dept.

Betanews reports on an announcement from Microsoft regarding its Windows 10 operating system:

[...] come May 9 it will stop updating the original release, known as 1507. The software giant had intended to stop supporting that release on March 26, but pushed back the deadline.

additional coverage:
Computerworld

related story:
Microsoft Kills Windows Vista On April 11: No Security Patches, No Hot Fixes, No Support, Nada


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 17 2017, @12:29AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 17 2017, @12:29AM (#495030)

    That what they call these days? English, a wonder of language, infinitely flexible.

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  • (Score: 1) by butthurt on Monday April 17 2017, @12:47AM (1 child)

    by butthurt (6141) on Monday April 17 2017, @12:47AM (#495036) Journal

    "Updates" or "patching" would have been better. Thanks.

    • (Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Monday April 17 2017, @02:21PM

      by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Monday April 17 2017, @02:21PM (#495256)

      I was ably to update Windows XP pro in the past month (had to fix the clock first).

      Probably no new patches.