What will Windows 11 look like, has Microsoft learned its lesson?

Question

Now that Windows 10 has failed due to privacy issues with Microsoft spying on its customers while trying to force windows 10 on them.
Microsoft will already be working on Windows 11, do you think they will have learned that customers want privacy.
Will their new operating system not have all the telemetry that W10 has, or are they blindly going to continue spying and lose what customers they still have left

Answer 1

Microsoft holds a large enough share of software exclusivity that they can force this change on everyone, and businesses will take it and thank them, asking "please sir, may I have another". Gamers will still use Windows for compatibility, offices will use it for compatibility....until laws are passed which force MIcrosoft to make .Net technologies available to other OS, Microsoft can pretty much do what they want. They even make money now every time an Apple PC sells. Either there is something that they are not telling us or they do not have a plan in place plan after the next 9 years which I doubt, or they are keeping their future options open.

Answer 2

Actually, it hasn't failed. Instead, they are deprecating support for Windows 7, releasing versions of .Net which won't work on it going forward, and rolling the other OS to end of life. They are also forcing Windows 10 onto computers using 7 and 8 if Automatic Updates is left on, and users of Win10 who had Win8.1 generally prefer 10, while Win7 users are still struggling to fight it. Microsoft holds a large enough share of software exclusivity that they can force this change on everyone, and businesses will take it and thank them, asking "please sir, may I have another". Gamers will still use Windows for compatibility, offices will use it for compatibility....until laws are passed which force MIcrosoft to make .Net technologies available to other OS, Microsoft can pretty much do what they want. They even make money now every time an Apple PC sells.

Answer 3

Microsoft`s Windows official lifecycle site is giving out rather confusing messages, have a look at the end of support dates then the end of retail sales dates below;

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle

A wee bit confusing is it not?

Either there is something that they are not telling us or they do not have a plan in place plan after the next 9 years which I doubt, or they are keeping their future options open.

They are giving 10 away as a free upgrade for their most systems, so how are they going to make money?

They are changing their ways of doing business to make money in other ways I suppose, eventually an annual fee or by selling Apps?

Who can tell as yet?

Just one old networking blokes opinion, regards, Bob.

Answer 4

Windows 10 is the final version, there won't be 11 or so.

Have a look at this very useful and informative site to see why the Windows 10 is trash:



http://itvision.altervista.org/why-windows-10-sucks.html

Answer 5

windows 10 is just windows 10 there wont be a 11 or 12 they are stoping at windows 10 once you buy a copy you get free updates forever no more new copies

Answer 6

what lesson?



MS has been going for 30 years, made billions - I dont think they need to learn anything



its you that needs to do the learning-



they are not in the business selling stuff you ACTUALLY want/need



they are in the business of convincing you of what you are going to want/need, and that it will be in the next version of software so that you will buy it

Answer 7

Windows 10 has not failed due to privacy issues.

Microsoft is not spying on customers.

Microsoft is absolutely concerned about privacy.



Foundational principles for privacy in Windows 10:

1.       Windows 10 collects information so the product will work better for you.

2.       You are in control with the ability to determine what information is collected.

https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/privacystatement/#

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/09/28/privacy-and-windows-10/

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-10/windows-privacy-faq

http://download.cnet.com/blog/download-blog/windows-10-privacy-settings



https://redmondmag.com/blogs/the-schwartz-report/2015/09/brad-smith-public-trust.aspx

Answer 8

they need to bring XP back