[dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support?

I too, don't really fully understand the article but I do remember how IE6,7,8,9,10,11 and soon to be 12 abandoned various older Windows OSs. 

Most browser and many OS releases are what you would call rolling releases rather than version updates and their advancements are made in small increments as a major release can be quite jarring and they can break a number of products/plug-ins along the way.

I am still not sure what is the best method for advancing application/OS while keeping their features current but stable.

Jim 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:45:56 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support?

I've seen this same thing in a lot of places and it still seems very weird
that they are even doing this. Every article has been confusing. Is the
update 1 available already? My system claims to be 8.1 but no notice of
Update 1 when I look at My Computer Information.

GK


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Arthur:
>
> Actually I noticed but the article's title and it was just too good to
> pass up..just too much fun. ;-)
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <
> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:01:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1
> support?
>
> Jim,
>
> I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want us
> to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to Windows
> 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline.
>
> Arthur
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping
> > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dropping-windows-81-support-240407
> >
> > Jim
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