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Original Windows 10 Version to Receive Support until 9 May

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

butthurt writes:

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: 3, Informative) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Monday April 17 2017, @01:37AM (2 children)

    by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Monday April 17 2017, @01:37AM (#495054)

    Sounds a lot like sytemd [freedesktop.org], actually.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Monday April 17 2017, @03:45AM

    by frojack (1554) on Monday April 17 2017, @03:45AM (#495087) Journal

    Snort...

    systemd is clear-air transparent compared to windows 10.

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  • (Score: 2) by Zyx Abacab on Monday April 17 2017, @04:26AM

    by Zyx Abacab (3701) on Monday April 17 2017, @04:26AM (#495101)

    Unlike Windows, Linux gives you choice: you can replace systemd with OpenRC or Minit, or just stick with SysVinit.

    Heck, I'd like to see any swapping-out of low-level system components with Windows. That'd really be something.