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=="Final Release"==

=="Final Release"==

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will be its final release of the Windows operating system.  This does not mean that Windows will no longer exist, but simply that from now on, they intend to release updates and patches to Windows 10 only.  They intend to avoid any further systems that must be installed onto a blank partition.<ref name="techradar.com"/> From this point on, they intend to periodically release new builds of Windows 10, each of which will be supported for 6 months. When support for the current build is coming to an end, the user is automatically updated to the newer build.

Microsoft was believed by the public to have announced that Windows 10 would be its final release of the Windows operating system.  This did not mean that Windows would no longer exist, but simply that from then on, they apparently intend to release updates and patches to Windows 10 only.  They presumably intended to avoid any further systems that must be installed onto a blank partition.<ref name="techradar.com"/> From that point on, it was believed that they intend to periodically release new builds of Windows 10, each of which will be supported for 6 months. When support for the current build is coming to an end, the user is automatically updated to the newer build. However, with the release of [[Windows 11]], this was obviously called into question. Whether this claim was, in fact, made by Microsoft, or this was an industry-wide misunderstanding is still up for debate, but the latter option seems likely.

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