Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7

2014-07-14 Thread Scott Sipe
On Jul 13, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 11:22 AM 13/07/2014, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I don't get how that can announce a EOS warning that are 6 months out. That should have come two years ago. It makes zero sense in the light of Windows 8 failure and while at the same

[H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7

2014-07-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting.

Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7

2014-07-13 Thread FORC5
MS has finally lost it's mind, if true. doesn't a lot of the world still use XP. AT least 25% of the ppl I know still do even though I keep telling them to move on but that takes new HW and mostly $ not everyone can afford this. I know one guy with Win 3.11 I may be wrong but I do not think

Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7

2014-07-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Piracy is no longer a big problem, however, revenue is Companies don't change operating systems willy-nilly anymore. They are very conservative, and very cheap. My workplace just got rid of the last few XP machines about a month ago. Telling them that they will now only have 6 months of

Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7

2014-07-13 Thread Brian Weeden
This is not a total end of support for Win7. As is the case with WinXP, this is an announcement of the end of the standard support. However, Microsoft will continue to provide extended support for Win7 until 2020. When you purchase a Microsoft product, it comes with 5 years of support. If you are

Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7

2014-07-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 08:24 AM 13/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting. How many people have a contract to call Microsoft for

Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7

2014-07-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 11:22 AM 13/07/2014, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I don't get how that can announce a EOS warning that are 6 months out. That should have come two years ago. It makes zero sense in the light of Windows 8 failure and while at the same time talking of Windows 9. People will find it easier to