On 18/1/2016 15:07 dsi1 wrote:

> On Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 10:50:22 PM UTC-10, Xeno wrote:
>> On 17/01/2016 7:33 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 9:36:25 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>> >> On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 6:08:05 PM UTC-6, The New Other Guy wrote:
>> >>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:40:13 -0500, Nancy Young
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 1/15/2016 2:04 PM, graham wrote:
>> >>>>> On 15/01/2016 11:52 AM, notbob wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>> Please, do not fall for this ruse. You computer will NOT send
>> >>>>>> security alerts to a third party, no matter which operating system
>> >>>>>> (OS) you use.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I hope no one here would fall for that.
>> >>>
>> >>> Not ONLY will your computer never sent any security alert to anyone
>> >>> without your help, Microsoft is ABSOLUTELY the last place that
>> >>> would get such a notice, IF such notices even existed.
>> >>
>> >> Yeah, me too! Especially because they don't even support Win XP anymore!!
>> >>
>> >> John Kuthe...
>> >
>> > Microsoft's plan is to not support Win 7 or 8.X. They want to make the previous versions of Windows incompatible with the latest Intel processors. Their vision is their latest OS driving the newest hardware. Just like the old days! I say bully for them!
>> >
>> Their vision is to monetise Windows in a way that they have never been
>> able to do in the past - the way Apple has monetised OSX.
>
> The difference being that MS does not control or manufacture all the hardware that Windows 10 will run on. This is a good thing. My guess is Microsoft plan for world domination will fail.

It has already succeeded

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Bruce