Microsoft must be really desperate to get more people using Windows 10 because they’ve now taken to trashing Windows 7. Here’s what The Express had to say on this:
The controversial comments about the hugely popular operating system, which was first released in October 2009, were made by Microsoft chief marketing officer Chris Capossela.
Mr Capossela issued the warning during his appearance on Windows Weekly – an online show on the TWiT podcast network.
The chief marketing officer for Microsoft made the comment while fielding questions about Windows 10 and the firm’s upgrade tactics.
“As we’ve moved Windows to a service, we’re trying to find the right balance,” Mr Capossela told Windows Weekly host Leo Laporte.
“It’s just so incredibly important to try and end the fragmentation of the Windows install base.
“And so we think that every machine that’s capable of running Windows 10, we should be doing everything we possibly can to get people to move to Windows 10.
“We do worry when people are running an operating system that’s 10 years old that the next printer they buy isn’t going to work well, or they buy a new game, they buy Fallout 4, a very popular game, and it doesn’t work on a bunch of older machine.
“As we’re pushing our hardware partners to build great new stuff that takes advantage of Windows 10, that obviously makes the old stuff really bad, and not to mention viruses and security problems.
“So we really are trying to push people to get to Windows 10.”
Okay. Let me argue both sides of this. On one hand, he has a point. Microsoft would make its life easier for themselves if they didn’t have to support multiple OSes, and you can copy and paste that for companies who make hardware and software that support the Windows OS as well.
Here’s the counterpoint. Everything he said is not exactly true. Fallout 4 works just fine on Windows 7. And I am more likely to find printer drivers on Windows 7 than I am on Windows 10 at present. But the big point is that security updates for Windows 7 users will carry on until the OS becomes end of life in 2020. Thus it’s just fine to run with no worries about security and compatibility issues.
Clearly it appears that Microsoft is so desperate to get people onto Windows 10 that it will stoop to these sorts of tactics to its users. That’s really doesn’t make me think the best of Microsoft and I believe that once their users clue in, they’ll feel the same way.
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Microsoft To Windows 7 Users: Use It At Your Own Peril
Microsoft must be really desperate to get more people using Windows 10 because they’ve now taken to trashing Windows 7. Here’s what The Express had to say on this:
The controversial comments about the hugely popular operating system, which was first released in October 2009, were made by Microsoft chief marketing officer Chris Capossela.
Mr Capossela issued the warning during his appearance on Windows Weekly – an online show on the TWiT podcast network.
The chief marketing officer for Microsoft made the comment while fielding questions about Windows 10 and the firm’s upgrade tactics.
“As we’ve moved Windows to a service, we’re trying to find the right balance,” Mr Capossela told Windows Weekly host Leo Laporte.
“It’s just so incredibly important to try and end the fragmentation of the Windows install base.
“And so we think that every machine that’s capable of running Windows 10, we should be doing everything we possibly can to get people to move to Windows 10.
“We do worry when people are running an operating system that’s 10 years old that the next printer they buy isn’t going to work well, or they buy a new game, they buy Fallout 4, a very popular game, and it doesn’t work on a bunch of older machine.
“As we’re pushing our hardware partners to build great new stuff that takes advantage of Windows 10, that obviously makes the old stuff really bad, and not to mention viruses and security problems.
“So we really are trying to push people to get to Windows 10.”
Okay. Let me argue both sides of this. On one hand, he has a point. Microsoft would make its life easier for themselves if they didn’t have to support multiple OSes, and you can copy and paste that for companies who make hardware and software that support the Windows OS as well.
Here’s the counterpoint. Everything he said is not exactly true. Fallout 4 works just fine on Windows 7. And I am more likely to find printer drivers on Windows 7 than I am on Windows 10 at present. But the big point is that security updates for Windows 7 users will carry on until the OS becomes end of life in 2020. Thus it’s just fine to run with no worries about security and compatibility issues.
Clearly it appears that Microsoft is so desperate to get people onto Windows 10 that it will stoop to these sorts of tactics to its users. That’s really doesn’t make me think the best of Microsoft and I believe that once their users clue in, they’ll feel the same way.
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