Should we sunset Windows 7 support?

Neal Gompa ngompa13 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 12 19:11:51 CET 2020


On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 12:39 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 7:29 AM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason at zx2c4.com> wrote:
> >
> > Windows 7 has been EOL'd by Microsoft since January of this year. It
> > is no longer receiving security updates or fixes. This email is to get
> > the conversation started about doing the same with WireGuard for
> > Windows.
>
> Microsoft does not determine when an operating system is obsolete. The
> market does.
>
> Windows 7 still has a 24.79% market share.
> https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx.

Microsoft is absolutely the one determining obsolescence for
*Microsoft Windows*. They are the sole proprietor of the operating
system. If you want it to be different, don't use Windows.




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