Very interesting, and pretty much par for the course for Microsoft. But that
is not the Forbes article I read, the one about the Important update that is
checked by default, and, if you have a certain motherboard, and you install
that update, your system won't boot. That's the scary one, especially since
Microsoft knew about it and didn't fix it..
Evan
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From: Mike Rogers via Talk
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 4:05 PM
To: Grant Metcalf ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Microsoft Warns Windows 7 Has A Serious Problem (the article)
Thanks. I have a friend who helps me with my computer. He's a trouble
shooter for a large industrial complex and keeps the computers running.
They are staying with Windows 7.
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On Thu, 5 May 2016 12:59:17 -0700
Grant Metcalf via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote:
Hello there.
The Forbes article was hidden behind some "Welcome" script that wouldn't
remove itself unless I allowed its site to save cookies on my machine,
which I did not do. But, I did end up finding a text feed of the article.
What follows below (which describes Microsoft's new "strong-arm" tactic)
is that article. Hope this helps.
Jan 2, 2016 @ 05:30 PM
Microsoft Warns Windows 7 Has Serious Problems
Gordon Kelly , Contributor
Speaking to Windows Weekly, Microsoft Marketing chief Chris Capossela
explained that users who choose Windows 7 do so “at your own risk, at your
own peril” and he revealed Microsoft has concerns about its future
software and hardware compatibility, security and more.
“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 machines,” Capossela stated. “And so, as we are pushing
our ISV [Independent Software Vendor] and 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.”
He also stressed it is “so incredibly important to try to end the
fragmentation of the Windows install base” and to get users to a “safer
place”.
There’s only one problem with Capossela’s statements: they are complete
rubbish.
Windows 7 is no less secure than Windows 10 (it will be supported until
2020) and no less compatible with new hardware and software. In fact its
far greater market share means it is developers’ priority and has greater
compatibility with legacy programmes and peripherals. If Fallout 4 won’t
run on your Windows 7 computer, it will be upgrading your components not
installing Windows 10 which fixes that.
As for fragmentation, the only issue that creates is for Microsoft and its
target of getting one billion devices running Windows 10 within 2-3 years
of release. And this is where the true motivation for Capossela’s
statements become clear:
“We think every machine that is capable of running Windows 10 we should be
doing everything we possibly can to get people to move to Windows 10…We
are going to try to find that right balance, but we just know there’s a
lot of people out there who constantly kick the can down the street
without a little bit more of a, frankly, a push. And so, there’s no doubt
with a base as big as ours, it is hard to move anyone to a new model
without angering some people. We don’t want to anger anybody, but we do
feel a responsibility to get people to a much better place, and Windows 10
is a much better place than Windows 7. We will always give you a way out,
but we’re trying to find the right threat balance.”
This phrase – “threat balance” – is telling. Microsoft has been cranking
up the pressure on Windows 7 and Windows 8 users to upgrade and, in my
opinion, the ‘balance’ was replaced by ‘threat’ a long time ago due to
mandatory Windows 10 downloads, automatic upgrade attempts and now
Capossela’s claims which add up to nothing more than deliberate
misinformation designed to unsettle users.
As I’ve written before, at its core Windows 10 is a very capable operating
system with immense promise but it is also overly controlling and I can
respect those Windows 7 and Windows 8 users who choose to stay where they
are. And this is the part Microsoft has forgotten: technically it keeps
giving users a choice, but by enforcing nagging pop-ups, cutting opt-out
options and spreading groundless fear for the average user it appears
there is no choice at all…
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