Thursday, June 3rd 2021
Microsoft Announces New Event to Showcase "What's Next for Windows"
When Microsoft announced its Windows 10 operating system, the company set it to be a platform that would last for many years. Instead of the regular releases like we have seen in the past years with Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8, Windows 10 is a bit different. Microsoft designed the OS to be a product that receives plenty of updates over the years, however, it is still the same project. We are, of course, wondering if we are going to get something different and will Microsoft develop a new OS that is a successor to the 10. It seems like we are about to find out what the Redmond company plans to do with its OS offerings in the upcoming Microsoft Event scheduled for June 24th.
Starting at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, you can tune in to watch the event and find out what the company plans to do. The event website says "Join us to see what's next for Windows". By saying this, we are sure to see some advancements coming to the OS, however, we are still guessing what that may be. You can watch the live stream on Microsoft's website on June 24th, which you can check out here.
Starting at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, you can tune in to watch the event and find out what the company plans to do. The event website says "Join us to see what's next for Windows". By saying this, we are sure to see some advancements coming to the OS, however, we are still guessing what that may be. You can watch the live stream on Microsoft's website on June 24th, which you can check out here.
68 Comments on Microsoft Announces New Event to Showcase "What's Next for Windows"
Windows 11 when?:)
Also:
Windows 95: meh
Windows 98: good
Windows ME: meh
Windows XP: good
Windows Vista: meh
Windows 7: good
Windows 8: you can't pay me enough to use it
Windows 10: not bad
Windows ?: ...
Microsoft and OS's are pretty much at the same level as Intel, and them designing new CPU architectures on new manufacturing nodes.
Good luck trying to do that better than MS is doing up unto this point. I also have my criticism of the company, its decisions, and its OS, but there is still much more to be said about it on the positive side.
And the negatives are somehow never truly game breakers either. Annoying at best - up to the point they make you work a bit to get things right. But you can get things right. Now pick up any other OS that is not a Linux distro, and try doing that. IOS, OSX, Android... you're not getting the amount of freedom Windows has to offer, nor its backwards compatibility, nor its 'canvas' upon which you can do whatever you damn well like to do.
Count your blessings, I say. And the best thing of it all: its a single-sided story where the interests have aligned. Even with MS focusing on cloud and services to replace local apps, the focus is still where it should be: people need an OS to do stuff, and all functionality they desire, even if it changes over time. Don't like that cloud? Get something else - or make it.
Note how the walled garden discussion and the gatekeeper problem has gone right over Microsoft's head too. They're watching, waiting and were never keen to chase the frontier of half-legal data acquisition like Google and other big tech companies do (alright, a few 'privacy settings' oopsies notwithstanding). Their being late to the big data party also fits right into the agenda of a serious partner that wants to focus on real things. Not whatever is fashion this day of the week. They'll last by doing so, and they're not reinventing themselves every two years to avoid legislation catching up.
TL DR I'll take MS and its Windows for granted ten times more easily than I do an Apple or Google built OS. The latter suffer from tremendous trust issues, while MS does not. Yes, Apple, you too, for being so utterly greedy and how it distorts your app distribution and vetting, plus your OS limitations. Google, you for being a laissez faire 'we don't really care' partner that leaves responsibility to others where it doesn't belong - this echoes in the very concept of Android and its distribution, upgrade policies, and security.
And this is probably a minority opinion, but I think we often look back at XP with a bit of rose-tinted nostalgia glasses. It was a security nightmare, especially compared to newer versions of Windows, and there were a number of teething issues in that OS that paved the way for what we have now.
That way I can hope they won't be releasing any more actual versions.
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro
Basic explanation here:
boxofcables.dev/no-microsoft-is-not-rebasing-windows-to-linux/
Microsoft has been doing an awful lot with Linux in the last few years, so it's a possibility they could go this route. It would be one hell of an undertaking though.