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The Windows 10 future: Imagine a boot stamping on an upgrade treadmill forever

Ropewash

Re: Re: Question.

That was lot of posts energystar.

Just to clarify a bit, these "machines" aren't workstations. I don't care if the workstations are networked or even if they're Win10 with full telemetry. The machines in question are production equipment and they'll never be getting an upgrade till the day they are dismantled for scrap.

I was just wondering how an embedded Win10 would cope with not being in contact with the mothership and therefore how fit it would be for the same task on machinery built today.

Judging by your many responses I'm guessing it will be fine as long as the company producing it knows to de-couple it from it's online content.

Hopefully so, because an update that invalidates a driver for a control board on a machine that's needed to actually make parts can bring misery to many people for many weeks as you sit and wait for the techs to fly in and try to sort it out.

Lucky me these ancient things only have RS232 for comms.

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