Sers' blog: Microsoft announced the end of Windows era. Windows 10 is the last OS from Microsoft. ... 7 PHOTOS

Microsoft announced the end of Windows era. Windows 10 is the last OS from Microsoft.

7 PHOTOS

~~Windows 11 +~~

Microsoft says that Windows 10 will be its final release of the iconic operating system that's installed on over 90% of computers.
"Right now we're releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we're all still working on Windows 10," said Jerry Nixon, Microsoft's developer evangelist, at the Ignite tech conference held in Chicago May 4–8, 2015.

In a statement, Microsoft said Mr Nixon's comments reflected a change in the way that it made its software.

So what will be the next?

Instead of releasing an entirely new and different version of its desktop OS every few years, Microsoft will use Windows 10 OS as base. Windows 10 will launch in late July, coming via a simple Windows update that can be installed over the top of Windows 7 and Windows 8. Then Windows 10 would be improved in regular instalments.

Under this new strategy, Microsoft will deliver regular improvements to Windows through software updates. The subscription model will allow all owners of Windows 7 and 8 to upgrade for free. If they do so within the first 12 months, the subscription will continue from then onwards.

Updates will be provided for the operating system much more regularly, one assumes than current full version releases.
Thus Windows 10 will not be the end of the operating system.

There will be smaller, incremental updates to add new features and improve the OS like Windows Update on steroids.

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