Windows 10 is the end-game, and the beginning
We know that Windows 10 is coming and will arrive sometime this summer. Microsoft has said as much. But what comes after Windows 10? Windows 11? Windows 12? Yes and no. There's been plenty of chatter about Microsoft transitioning to a Windows as a service model, though for the first time, someone in Redmond's camp pretty much confirmed that Windows 10 is the end of the road for Windows.
Don't mistake that to mean Windows is going away -- it isn't. It's just that the business model is changing into one that will see frequent updates rather than major new releases every few years.
"Right now we're releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we're all still working on Windows 10," said Jerry Nixon, developer evangelist, while speaking at the Microsoft Ignite conference earlier this week.
That sort of sounds like a death knell for Windows, but that's not how he intended it. Microsoft was quick to clarify things to The Verge, saying that "recent comments at Ignite about Windows 10 are reflective of the way Windows will be delivered as a service bringing new innovations and updates in an ongoing manner, with continuous value for our consumer and business customers."
Microsoft also said that it isn't talking about future branding just yet, but wants to make it clear that Windows 10 will remain up-to-date.
The move to Windows as a service ties in with the elimination of Patch Tuesday. Instead of a bundle of updates rolled out on the second Tuesday of each and every month, with Windows 10, Microsoft will dole out updates as they become available.
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