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Future Holds Large Updates Instead of Stand-Alone Windows Releases
jones_supa writes: Jerry Nixon, a Microsoft developer evangelist, said at the Ignite conference in Chicago that Windows 10 "is the last version of Windows, so we're always working on Windows 10." Saying that is only half true. In fact, Microsoft will start working on large updates instead of stand-alone Windows releases, so the company would switch from a model that previously brought us new versions of Windows every three years, to a simpler one that's likely to bring big updates every two months. The company will also change the naming system for Windows, so instead of Windows $(version), the new operating system would be simply called Windows.
They don't.
Sigh....isn't it funny that when Nadella has MSFT do what the Linux guys have been crowing about for fucking EVER that everybody pisses their panties?
For those that haven't bothered to even load Win 10 in a VM you have a "fast" and a "slow", both of which are set by the user under "Windows Updates/ Advanced", this is comparable to your "stable" or "LTS" and your "unstable" on your Linux distros. The stable will ONLY get security patches, the unstable will get new features, most OEM consumer installs will be set to the fast/unstable but again you can change it under WU or if you install yourself you can set it then.
So its gonna be up to you folks, want only security updates for the life of the OS, or to only install every X numbers of years like in the past? Choose slow. If you want to get the latest and greatest? Choose fast.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
This is total anti-Microsoft FUD. You are simply making shit up, and ignoring what the press releases have publicly committed to. It's NOT a subscription model.