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Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
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Windows 10 is going to be the last major revision of the operating system.
Jerry
Nixon, a Microsoft development executive, said in a conference speech
this week that Windows 10 would be the "last version" of the dominant
desktop software.
His comments were echoed by Microsoft which said it would update Windows in future in an "ongoing manner".
Instead of new stand-alone versions, Windows 10 would be improved in regular instalments, the firm said.
Mr Nixon made his comments during Microsoft's Ignite conference held in Chicago this week.
In a statement, Microsoft said Mr Nixon's comments reflected a change in the way that it made its software.
"Windows
will be delivered as a service bringing new innovations and updates in
an ongoing manner," it said, adding that it expected there to be a "long
future" for Windows.
'No Windows 11'
The company said it had yet to decide on what to call the operating system beyond Windows 10.
"There will be no Windows 11," warned Steve Kleynhans, a research vice-president at analyst firm Gartner who monitors Microsoft.
He
said Microsoft had in the past deliberately avoided using the name
"Windows 9" and instead chose Windows 10 as a way to signify a break
with a past which involved successive stand-alone versions of the
operating system.
However, he said, working in that way had created many problems for Microsoft and its customers.
"Every three years or so Microsoft would sit down and create 'the next great OS'," he said.
Microsoft has developed the HoloLens augmented reality system for use with Windows 10
"The developers would be locked away and out would pop a product based on what the world wanted three years ago."
Microsoft
also had to spend a huge amount of money and marketing muscle to
convince people that they needed this new version, and that it was
better than anything that had come before, he explained.
Moving to
a situation in which Windows is a constantly updated service will break
out of this cycle, and let Microsoft tinker more with the software to
test new features and see how customers like them, he added.
'Positive step'
Most
of the revenue generated by Windows for Microsoft came from sales of
new PCs and this was unlikely to be affected by the change, Mr Kleynhans
pointed out.
"Overall this is a positive step, but it does have some risks," he said.
"Microsoft
will have to work hard to keep generating updates and new features, he
said, adding that questions still remained about how corporate customers
would adapt to the change and how Microsoft would provide support.
"It doesn't mean that Windows is frozen and will never move forward again," Mr Kleynhans told the BBC.
"Indeed we are about to see the opposite, with the speed of Windows updates shifting into high gear."
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