Microsoft warns business users to upgrade from "long-outdated" Windows 7

[GirlDownunder]

As a desktop OS in a business/production environment it would not be a suitable replacement for windows. Where I work linux is not compatible with much of the software required. With Virtualbox I'm assuming that you're implying the use of a windows VM? If so then you haven't replaced windows if you're still using it. When I say replacement I mean removing windows all together from the equation.

What you see there is less a failing of Linux & more M$ bullying to ensure that ONLY their OS is compatible. Since most Linux distributions don't have the deep pockets of M$, the only way software can be made compatible is if a kind Linux dev makes it so. A VM of 7, running on Linux, is a temporary fix for programs which refuse to run within WINE. However, I've managed to find suitable replacements in open-source for all of the things I do. So much is now cloud/browser-based that it's gotten much easier. True, there will always be a few programs which won't run, but that's just the way it is, ala no Final Cut Pro for Windows.

 

[Makson]

It is the Microsoft Corporation which needs updating, sack the 'crazies' who have become 'little dictators' and employ a team which addresses customer concerns and needs and quit with the 'Fear Factor' over the superior Windows 7.
Force-feeding Windows 10 computers with electronic garbage should be stopped and replaced with add-ons created and offered to users as a choice.
Not surprising to know that Windows XP is still supported with payment to M$ by many government departments in Australia, the US Navy, the UK Navy, all paying $millions for the service.
Many large private corporations cannot afford to update from Windows XP and Windows 7 which is only 6 years old......no-one in their right mind in a large corporation is going to update to Windows 10, many of whom only updated from Windows XP 2, 3, or 4 years ago..
A nasty trick, Microsoft, ending support for Windows 7, expecting users to pay for continued support because of the unexpected unpopularity and tarnishing advertised glitz and glamour of Windows 10 .... (becoming Windows X)

 

[amghwk]

Most of those who are whining about Windows 10, will be using it anyway in the near future.

 

[Darth Shiv]

After three months using Win10 on four machines we have now returned all machines to Win7. Win10 is a lemon.

Absolutely. There is zero value for us in Win10. Cortana is a solution to a problem we don't have or want. Shutting down, logging off, new menu, they are just productivity losers. Now with MS's policy of rolling up updates, this is an administrative nightmare. Any junk update means foregoing unrelated security updates.

 

[Darth Shiv]

The reason is they want to spy on you and your business and make some extra $$. updating a business machine when windows 7 is good till 2020 lol yea right. why break something that has worked for years and is good for at least 3 more and probably 5 past that with nill in troubles.

They just don't want to merge patches to an old OS which is fair enough but if Win10 wasn't a spyware infested piece of junk with a ridiculous update mechanism, completely unsuitable for business productivity, there would be less of a problem.

 

[fktech]

Absolutely. There is zero value for us in Win10. Cortana is a solution to a problem we don't have or want. Shutting down, logging off, new menu, they are just productivity losers. Now with MS's policy of rolling up updates, this is an administrative nightmare. Any junk update means foregoing unrelated security updates.

I agree!!!