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NewsSoftware development is not about unit tests Pin
Kent Sharkey18-Dec-19 9:15
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Kent Sharkey18-Dec-19 9:42
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NewsThe PC is dead. Long live the cloud PC. Pin
Kent Sharkey18-Dec-19 7:45
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Nelek18-Dec-19 8:44
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GeneralRe: The PC is dead. Long live the cloud PC. Pin
Joe Woodbury18-Dec-19 9:08
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Kris Lantz18-Dec-19 9:48
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Dan Neely19-Dec-19 2:35
Dan Neely19-Dec-19 2:35 
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Microsoft is promoting this not just as a Windows desktop alternative, but as a path forward for die-hard Windows 7 users. As Brad Anderson, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365 wrote:

"With the end of extended support for Windows 7 coming in January 2020, we also understand some customers need to continue to support Windows 7 legacy applications as they migrate to Windows 10. To support this need, you can use Windows Virtual Desktop to virtualize Windows 7 desktops with free Extended Security Updates (ESU) until January 2023."


I'm going to make a prediction. 3 years from now when ESU ends:

0) Anyone who drank the koolaid is going to discover that whatever legacy crap prevented them from migrating now still will block migration then.

1) MS will do a hard shutdown of their W7 VM program.

2) Getting new local W7 installs up and running will be a cluster-Elephant | [mastadon] because MS will take down not only their install images but the patching servers needed to get fresh installs up to the OSes final state.
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NewsOne million ought to be enough for anybody Pin
Kent Sharkey18-Dec-19 7:30
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NewsBlue light filters may actually make it harder to fall asleep Pin
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NewsThis “essential piece of computing history” just sold for $43,750 Pin
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NewsApple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard Pin
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NewsFinland makes a free course on AI available to the world Pin
Ravi Bhavnani18-Dec-19 5:13
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NewsArgh! Where is it? Pin
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