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Microsoft after 2025[edit]

Starting a year ago, everything is Windows 10; there never will be any newer version of Windows. However, as early as late 2025, Windows 10 will become obsolete, according to the article Windows 10. What Microsoft software will be available for 2026?? This question's answer should be known by this time next year. Georgia guy (talk) 21:55, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Those dates apply only to "Windows 10, released in July 2015", i.e., if you never install newer versions like the upcoming Anniversary Update. I edited the article to make that clearer. -- BenRG (talk) 05:37, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The edit was reverted. In any case, all they've done here is contractually commit to supporting Windows 10 until 2025. With past OS releases, they've always extended those dates later, often conditioned on installing service packs. For example, the original Windows 7 no longer gets security patches (since 2013), but with SP1 (which is a free upgrade) it's supported until 2020. Windows 8 no longer gets patched but Windows 8.1 does. With Windows 10 they've changed the naming again, but presumably the pattern will be the same: "released on such-and-such date" means "service pack N". I wouldn't bet that they'll be supporting Windows 10 SP50 in 2100, but that's their plan at the moment. -- BenRG (talk) 18:19, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If the answer will be known next year, how could we know it now? 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:807B:66FA:B5EC:A602 (talk) 01:55, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What is the statement that "there never will be any newer version of Windows" based on ? If we accept that as true, there are at least 2 ways to interpret it:

1) They will just call new versions Windows 10.x, like they did with Windows 3.x for quite a while.

2) Microsoft may plan on leaving the PC operating system market entirely, considering mobile devices to be the future. They may have different names in mind for the O/S's on those. StuRat (talk) 02:06, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Or 3) they will stop using the discrete version model of releasing software in favor of the software as a service model See [ http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-version-of-windows ] For those using it, quick, without checking, what version of the Google chrome web browser are you running? --Guy Macon (talk) 06:38, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]