▲ 577 ▼ Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching (www.pcguide.com) submitted 2 years ago by RetroGoblet79@eviltoast.org to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 296 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (4 children) Then why haven't they? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Do you think 24 months is a long enough time to be confident about how a company will behave over the next decade? Especially wheb Moore's Law is dead and they need to take ever more extreme measures to make those numbers go up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Why would Moore's law matter here for an operating system? Also both are far older than 24 months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Microsoft is a tech company, so if tech has hit a way they're going to have to find new ways of monetization to keep the numbers going up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Their money doesn't really come from selling hardware though. I mean they sell a bit but it's a pretty small portion of their business permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Do you think 24 months is a long enough time to be confident about how a company will behave over the next decade? Especially wheb Moore's Law is dead and they need to take ever more extreme measures to make those numbers go up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Why would Moore's law matter here for an operating system? Also both are far older than 24 months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Microsoft is a tech company, so if tech has hit a way they're going to have to find new ways of monetization to keep the numbers going up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Their money doesn't really come from selling hardware though. I mean they sell a bit but it's a pretty small portion of their business permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Why would Moore's law matter here for an operating system? Also both are far older than 24 months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Microsoft is a tech company, so if tech has hit a way they're going to have to find new ways of monetization to keep the numbers going up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Their money doesn't really come from selling hardware though. I mean they sell a bit but it's a pretty small portion of their business permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Microsoft is a tech company, so if tech has hit a way they're going to have to find new ways of monetization to keep the numbers going up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Their money doesn't really come from selling hardware though. I mean they sell a bit but it's a pretty small portion of their business permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Their money doesn't really come from selling hardware though. I mean they sell a bit but it's a pretty small portion of their business permalink fedilink source parent