24 May 16 23:58, you wrote to me:

 ac>> I'm curious what their plans are for Windows Server now that
 ac>> Windows 10 is essentially a "rolling release".

 ml> and one that they are doing everything they can other than holding a gun
 ml> to users' heads... their latest trick is to change what the 'X' button
 ml> does on the upgrade notification... instead of being the same as
 ml> [CANCEL] or [NO], they've made it so that the 'X' starts the upgrade
 ml> anyway... the user can cancel later in the procedure but this is a huge
 ml> ugly change from the standard UI where clicking the 'X' means [CANCEL]
 ml> or [NO]...

Yeah, you know something's NQR at Microsoft when they're getting this desperate
for people to upgrade.

I suspect they don't want another repeat of where they ended up supporting XP
for far longer than they wanted to, but with Windows 7. I think it's inevitable
they will have to extend Windows 7 support at some point, though. Heck, there
are still people running XP.

I made a point of running GWX Control Panel on the Windows 7 PCs and VMs I have
just to ensure they weren't going to start downloading the Windows 10 installer
without my consent. Partly because I don't want them running Windows 10, but
also because of the excessive bandwidth use.

I'm hoping this sort of shifty behaviour will stop when their free upgrade to
Windows 10 offer expires, but who knows.

Can you imagine the uproar if a Linux distro did the same thing. ;-)

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