Oh come on. It's hardly a foreign concept to have certified hardware/software environments for certain toolchains. Extended support for Win 7 is 2020. Win 8 is 2023.
Re:Microsoft embeds nagware into IE patch
by KirinDave on Monday March 14, 2016 @05:31PM
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Right, so you don't HAVE to upgrade. You never did?
I'm not advocating that people should be forced to upgrade. I'm advocating that upgrading is good for 99% of people and for the majority, they won't do so unless told to.
How is this Win10 "dicking" with you? ISVs gotta ISV. It's not like your software providers haven't heard the news.