It is rash I think to believe much of what any company says about perpetual
or even long term support for software products.
Certain providers of sailboat steering systems come to mind too, but that
would be more directly sailing related.
I still have a copy of Norton something or other, somewhere around here,
that was supposed to include perpetual virus pattern updates.
They stopped, no apologies, and that was that, although they did leave a not
too hard to find back door open that worked for about 3 years longer.
Your mileage may vary,
Steve.
C&C27 MKIII
----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny Haughey via CnC-List" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "Danny Haughey" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 14:06
Subject: Re: Stus-List [Support] Re: Question on PredictWind.com Windoze 10
I thought the point of windows 10 was that it was going to be their last OS
like apple's IOS. That was what all the adds with the babies were saying.
They, the babies, would be using windows 10 forever...
Danny
On 7/29/2016 1:35 PM, S Thomas via CnC-List wrote:
I agree with Gary, but would add the following:
Most of the "features" which are privacy issues can be tracked down and
turned off (they are all turned on by default), but the biggest problem
that I have with Windows 10 is not something that can be turned off.
There is no way to stop the operating system from downloading and
installing updates, which in effect means that the operating system will
be whatever Microsoft wants it to be in the future, and there is nothing
at all that you can do about it if you ever want to use the internet. One
thing they could do, for example, is decide that they are no longer going
to offer support, and oh by the way for those of you who don't want to
buy yet another operating system, Windows 10 will stop working altogether
on such and such a date.
Yuk.
Steve Thomas
C&C27 MKIII
(Former IT guy at Ford Motor Co.)
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