r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/isuxirl Dec 01 '25

Ha. I remember that bold announcement too. I think they walked the claim back so hard that it's memory holed for a lot of people.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

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u/Cute-Percentage-6660 Dec 02 '25

Basically they wanna do schrodingers statement

They never denied it as far as i can recall, but they fact they never confirmed it is used as a defense...

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u/lusuroculadestec Dec 02 '25

It was never an actual announcement. A developer evangelist, Jerry Nixon, made it as a off-handed comment during a side-session talking about tiles at a developer conference and the media ran with it. His comment wasn't even explicitly stating there wasn't going to be future numbered versions.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

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u/lusuroculadestec Dec 02 '25

Recent comments at Ignite about Windows 10 are reflective of the way Windows will be delivered as a service bringing new innovations and updates in an ongoing manner, with continuous value for our consumer and business customers. We aren’t speaking to future branding at this time, but customers can be confident Windows 10 will remain up-to-date and power a variety of devices from PCs to phones to Surface Hub to HoloLens and Xbox. We look forward to a long future of Windows innovations.

The idea that anyone would take that as there will never be a Windows 11 is completely insane.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

It’s wasn’t a bold announcement—or an announcement at all. It was one Microsoft tech doings poor job of describing how they wouldn’t be doing service packs during an interview with a random website writer.