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Windows 10 Now Runs On 270 Million Monthly Active Devices
At its developer conference, Build 2016, Microsoft announced on Wednesday that Windows 10, the latest version of its desktop version which it released on July 29 last year, is now being used on over 270 million active computers worldwide. "Windows 10 is off to the fastest adoption of any release ever," said Terry Myerson, executive vice president for Microsoft's Windows and Devices Group. The company also announced that it will be releasing Windows 10 Anniversary Update this summer for all Windows 10 users free of charge.
FTFY. I can't wait to see what "Windows 10 Anniversary Update" is, but I bet it's nasty!
There's a sucker born every minute. People who believe this is a free gift never heard of a Trojan Horse, and the people following the cheerleaders never heard of a Judas Goat.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Can someone please find (if it exists) the REAL number, that doesn't count the copies of Win10 that were FORCED on people, who didn't ask for it or wanted it?
Are YOU using the TOOL, or is the TOOL using YOU? Think about it!
The company also announced that it will be releasing Windows 10 Anniversary Update this summer for all Windows 10 users free of charge.
Which of course not so subtly implies there is a possibility that future updates will not be free of charge....
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
Oh, right, telemetry...
When you throw it in people's faces every chance you get, of course it's going to take off. Doubly so if it's free. They basically ran the "HEAD ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!" version of an upgrade campaign. Also...
HEAD ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!
HEAD ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!
HEAD ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!
That's some double-speak right there. Not like people had to put down money for it.
This is more like waking up in the morning to find an abandoned baby on your front porch. Wouldn't call that adoption.
At its developer conference, Build 2016, Microsoft announced on Wednesday that Windows 10, the latest version of its desktop version which it released on July 29 last year, has now infected over 270 million active computers worldwide. "Windows 10 is off to the fastest adoption of any release ever," said Terry Myerson, executive vice president for Microsoft's Windows and Devices Group. The company also announced that it will be forcing the Windows 10 Anniversary Update this summer for all Windows 10 users free of charge.
A free upgrade shoved down people's throat? Shocked that its the 'fastest adoption ever'.
Bye!
This is a marketer comment if I've ever heard one. Considering the use of the word "share" in this context, your hyper-positivity, and your only other slashdot contribution being a link last week to some marketing story, I'm going to go out on a limb here and accuse you of being a marketer. I'm not calling you a shill, but I'm also not *not* calling you a shill.
Microsoft: Windows 10 is running on 270 million devices. Come join the crowd, your gonna love it!
.01% of those installations were chosen by the users. The rest were forced onto users with legitimate Win7 or Win8 licenses by the Windows Update process.
Reality:
I turned off the telemetry and anti-privacy stuff, but FWIW, I actually like Win10. I had Win7 before. I'd used clonezilla to make an image if anything went belly up, and then did the typical online upgrade - I had no issues, except just one that took me a few days to realize: MS Office 2010 starter (Word and Excel only) wouldn't run, claiming it's incompatible with Windows10. I looked online and found some conflicting info, but ultimately there's a KB and a patch for Office 2010 available (released around the time of Windows8, I believe); after installing the patch and rebooting, Word and Excel now open fine.
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.
Well done.
#DeleteChrome
The real question is, will it finally be safe to use windows update after the one year deadline has passed on the free herpes infection? My guess is it will be extended indefinitely, "due to its great success and reception!"
Not most, but some
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
whoa, deja vu. That's close to other stuff I've been saying on an entirely different subject...
Political debates have me rolling my eyes so much I think I got optical whiplash. I should sue. - Foamy The Squirrel
The company also announced that it will be releasing Windows 10 Anniversary Update this summer for all Windows 10 users free of charge.
Why does this statement make me nervous...? It really hints at the possibility that updates will not be free at some point in the future...
If most of these are Internet of Things, how many AI nazi bots does that make?
-- Tigger warning: This post may contain tiggers! --
Sharing is a perfectly reasonable term to use in this case. It's better than when people claim they're "sharing" music which they never bought, never had the rights to give/share/whatever to anyone else and have no intention of ever paying someone for the work they did.
In this case Microsoft has the rights to all the information regarding Windows 10 (assuming they're not talking out their ass) and have decided to release the information which they have gathered at whatever expense to their company.
That actually is sharing.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
I take this to mean the not-necessarily-voluntary year-long beta is almost complete ... now wait for the next gob of shite we're going to force feed you.
See, when they started pushing this, it really wasn't complete. It was mostly complete, and they were still adding features.
Sorry, Microsoft. I didn't trust you with long release cycles. With "Agile" development, I trust you even less.
I'll keep my Windows 8.1 box with your Metro shit and your app store disabled. I'll pass on the telemetry, ads, and other bullshit you've not asked people before you installed it.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Also in the news, it's easier to have sex if you don't ask but simply rape the other person.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Personally, I found it easier to let someone do it.
Is it safe? Well, considering the alternative... it is at least less likely to infect you with something nasty.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Yes, they are working fine. We have proof.
--signed, MS.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /v DisableOSUpgrade /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Put it in a file and call it disable_gwx.bat
Double click.
Reboot.
You won't be nagged any more.
My eyes reflect the stars and a smile lights up my face.
I'm a bit surprised. Not that the computers are working but that a 250+ organization has already rolled out 10. Most IT departments of size tend to wait, but I work for myself these days so maybe it's rolling out more quickly. In any case, in an environment where you have on-site IT staff the problems are less significant. Windows 8 introduced numerous changes from Win 7. The settings are now split between the control panel and the new settings interface. One of my users couldn't figure out how to setup the WiFi connection. Oh, and Windows reboots after updating and to hell with any unsaved documents. Numerous users have had problems with the Windows account logins. Contacts don't synchronize properly. Email gets retrieved in duplicate. Files get stored in OneDrive and the user is looking for it in their local folders. These are just some of the issues off the top of my head. None of these problems are relevant in the corporate environment.
I do not block ads. I do block third party scripts.
The company also announced that it will be releasing Windows 10 Anniversary Update this summer for all Windows 10 users free of charge.
So at some point, Windows 10 will no longer be free to use then, what happens if in the future you refuse to pay to upgrade to the latest version on Win 10?
Have you ever fallen asleep at the keybhanusdiog?
It may be a shiny new operating system, but it's plagued with the same old problems.
A new Skylake laptop was brought to me with Windows 10 installed. It took the owner less than a day to download some executable which installed malware (mysearchresults) that ferreted its way into many corners of the system and rendered it useless. The system came pre installed with McAffee something or other which failed to recognize the executable as a virus even though it declared that it had scanned it.
I like to think platform security is improving, but it's clear that basic naive user actions are as disastrous as ever.
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
Not even close to true. There have been many reports of the registry settings magically being reset. I have run into this myself on a machine we use for power point presentations.
...Win 10 followed Win 8, possibly the worst-received OS that MS ever released...yes, I'm including WinME in that. Everybody running 8 was more than ready to move to 10.
Never let a lack of data get in the way of a good rant.
Oooh, let me be the first to respond to that with a resounding "LOLWUT??"
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
...ya can't fix stupid.
Never let a lack of data get in the way of a good rant.
Linux users CHOOSE to use Linux and CHOOSE which updates to install.
Do you think Microsoft wants to support Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 2008r2 server, Windows 2012, and Windows 2015 for the next 15 years?
No, but I do think they've maintained their position as the dominant desktop OS provider because they gave serious consideration to long-term support and backward compatibility.
No business or other large organisation wants to upgrade platform software every few months or even every couple of years. It's dead time that brings huge disruption, significant costs, and relatively little benefit.
No software developer wants to rewrite their entire product every few months or even every couple of years, for the same reasons.
Even regular, non-geek users seem to be getting tired of the upgrade treadmill as their phones and apps and web sites and social networks keep moving things round all the time.
For decades, Microsoft has been a clear leader in not forcing everyone to do that, and they made a lot of money anyway since it meant they were in the position that "no-one ever got fired for buying Microsoft".
If Microsoft are now going to force this kind of rapid update cycle on everyone, not to mention the questionable privacy and security implications of Windows 10, then they've dropped Windows to the same level as the likes of Linux and OS X. It seems reasonable to expect that the momentum that has kept Windows the dominant OS for so long -- primarily, the software base that runs on it -- will naturally become less of an advantage for them over time in that case, and perhaps little advantage at all after a few years.
The stock price chart for MSFT over the past few years is quite interesting. They had a pattern of sustained growth through 2013-2014, but then since the reality of Windows 10 took hold in 2015 it's quite a different story, with less growth overall and much more volatility. I suspect if they don't take the hint and back off on some of the aggressive posturing within the next few months, people are going to start making more money shorting Microsoft stock than investing in it as a good long-term prospect.
If you disagree, post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like.
It's only hypocritical if you're also implying that Linux is considerably better. You can be perfectly consistent and point out that ALL OS distributors doing such things suck, or even ignoring the competition entirely because you just don't care about anything except Windows. "This Microsoft maneuver sucks" in no way implies that anybody else is better, any more than "this politician is corrupt" implies that any of their peers are honest.
That said, I've heard of comparatively few recent problems with clean installs of systemd based distros. And I'm not at all surprised that trying to shoehorn it into an in-place upgrade causes problems for so many people. System and infrastructure initialization has always been a bit finicky on Linux, trying to replace it on a live system brings to mind completely replacing the foundation of a house while you're living in it - no matter how good the new foundation, you're likely to have issues.
Then there's the fact that systemd is still rather immature - the old startup and infrastructure modules took HOW many years of tinkering to get as stable as they are? So there's bound to be corner cases not yet properly handled by SD. Still, I can understand the motivation to adopt it - maintaining and updating that web of crusty old support structure is a huge draw on precious manpower, by switching to SD they essentially outsource most of that work to a centralized project where the workload and benefits can be shared by all. Yes, it would absolutely be nicer for us users if they had waited until systemd were fully mature to make the switch - but it's like buying an X.0 version of any program. or a new version of Windows in the first couple of years: it's going to have issues that can only be found and fixed with the benefit of widespread adoption and testing. Sucks for users who get stuck as "beta testers" during the maturation pains, but almost everyone benefits in the long run. And there's a chicken and egg problem as well: if the big distros wait too long to adopt it they risk it losing steam, and then they'll be stuck maintaining the old, crusty, increasingly overtaxed labyrinths themselves indefinitely. Could someone have made a better alternative to systemd? Absolutely! But the key point is that nobody did. Or at least nobody else succeeded in building enough momentum to become a credible option.
Well, there's my troll-chow ration for the month all used up. Good thing it's almost April.
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This post should not have been moderated as Troll. These are opinions with validity, whether or not the reader agrees. The moderation of Troll should only be used when someone is actually trying to start flame wars.
Steam on Linux is sort of pointless because it won't run the games people want. Steam works on Windows because the vast majority of games works on Windows, if I move to Linux I'll probably only have 2 games that work. The move of Steam onto Linux is good news for people buying new games but it doesn't help out anyone who wants to keep their existing collection working.
People aren't choosing Windows because they think it's the better option, they're choosing Windows because of vendor lock in. At work where we're mostly OSX based development we get told very often that we should just buy a second computer for those few times when the only tools only exist on Windows, we're told to stop bothering to think for ourselves and use Visual Studio like everyone else and dump the linux based automated test and build tools, just be a clone of everyone else (never mind the huge effort it takes to untrain a PC developer from their lifetime of bad habits). Vendors tell us that we're being too picky by choosing a competitor that supports Linux or OSX. There is so much pressure from all sides to conform to big brother.
Is that a euphemism for female parts?
Star Trek transporters are just 3d printers.