Never a good time for Microsoft to update Windows
I understand the argument made by Les Hornby in Issue 657 that Microsoft should extend Windows 10 support beyond October 2025. By regularly updating the operating system, Microsoft has made it feel fresh and modern.
The problem with Microsoft extending support is that it incentivises users to cling on to an old and rapidly decaying operating system. Also, if Microsoft can’t terminate support after 10 years, when can it? If a week is a long time in politics, a decade is an eternity in computing. Technology has already changed immeasurably since Windows 10 launched in 2015. The emergence of AI will accelerate this between now and 2025.
There simply is never a good time for Microsoft to end support because there will always be users (probably a majority) happy to continue using the latest version.
