It is "news" because /. now trumpets its headlines to twitter and facebook. The provocative headlines may be purchased by, say, Microsoft to start up the buzz for the upcoming release of Windows 10.

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Now, when you read a headline here that is more provocation than fact, you will know the reason may be to stir things up on twitter and facebook. It's part of /.'s continuing decline into pop culture viral page hits and away from technical discussion.

One Microsoft exec did say that Windows 10 was the start of "Windows as a Service" (WaaS). The resulting uproar caused Microsoft to backpedal quickly from the remark.

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But we now know what is on Microsoft's mind for Windows in the future.

Back hoes. ;)

There are many, many people ion this planet who are so self-absorbed, so oblivious to the world around them, that they regularly put others at risk.

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At least those who walk into streetlight poles while texting hurt only themselves.

I don't know what Microsoft does inside Windows, but over time Windows always seems to be unable to get out of its own way.

Yes.

Yup. As much as I am against regulating the drones, too many drone operators are doing stupid things.

In addition to having dump the retardant, the fire-fighting planes were grounded for two hours until the airspace was determined to be clear of the drones. Many fire-fighting flights did not occur because of the egregious stupidity of the drone operator(s).

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Incidents such as this one, and the increasing number of close calls at major airports involving drones, are making me re-evaluate my opinions about drone regulation.

Too many drone operators are putting public safety at risk in order to have their fun.

What's it going to take before these idiot drone operators come to their senses? A two-hour delay in fighting a fire that allows a fire to go from contained to out-of-control? The crash of an airplane with 300 passengers on board? What?

/. must be looking for page hits again...

Point taken. It was a poor choice of words on my part. Thanks for the correction.

I always check the "custom install" option whenever I install any software, and I adjust all the options to do what I want the installer to do.

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imo, anyone who blindly accepts the default installer options gets the malware they deserve.

Users will be paying for it with google doing a wholesale collection of private data from those who use it.

I use router advertisement on my home network. All the other devices, except Android-powered devices play nicely with router advertisements. The Android devices lose the IPv6 address when they go to sleep, and do not re-obtain the IPv6 address when they wake up. The Android devices are the only devices with this problem on my home network.

With a backup strategy like the one he describes in place, it is amazing his data have survived this long.

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His backup strategy is worse than non-existent. It gave him a false comfort.

A second drive in the same computer? Wow, just fuckin' wow.

I just made a note to never, ever read anything else Andy Patrizio writes. It is writers such as he who give tech writers in industry magazines a bad name.

geesh.

It looks like a sound decision to me. What's the current alternative? The fiasco known as Windows 8 and its attempted fix Windows 8.1? In the military documentation is critical. How much would it have cost to replace all of the Windows XP documentation?

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imo, it was a good decision, ==provided== there will be an effort to start moving off of Windows XP and on to a more sustainable environment than Windows.