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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That was just the tech weenies with their 'architecturally sound strategy' or whatever, before the business side ~~beat~~ talked some sense into them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which MS didn't deny until they announced they were working on Win 11.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Well, they actually always had an End-of-Life date slated for 2025. But yeah, it wasn't clear, if that was there just in case, or if they never expected to go through with what they'd been telling people.