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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: 2) by Dunbal on Monday April 17 2017, @02:45AM

    by Dunbal (3515) on Monday April 17 2017, @02:45AM (#495070)

    You're right, of course, and I realized this after I submitted it. I mean "owner" in the modern, non traditional sense of "not owner but licensee", which is about all you get nowadays for just about anything from an operating system to a coffee machine.

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