Microsoft has 18 months to convince folks to upgrade.
    • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
      181·
      7 months ago

      As long as you want, assuming that you’re fine with the security risks and everything that’s rendered incompatible in the future.

            • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              4·
              7 months ago

              Two years ago I quit a company that was using a database (with sensitive user PII like social security numbers in the db) accessible via unencrypted TELNET. Not SSH, TELNET. I’m not fucking shitting you.

              I worked there for one week and was like “fuuuuuuuuuuck this” and lied and said I had a better offer and tendered my resignation. I wasn’t part of the IT department and I wasn’t going to go down for an incompetent IT department.

            • AnonStoleMyPants
              1·
              7 months ago

              Yup. Currently working at a company that has machines still running ms-dos due to them being critical and still working fine.

              Well they’re fine until you can’t find replacement parts on Ebay anymore.

      • Gentleman@sh.itjust.works
        112·
        7 months ago

        To be honest, Windows 7 is best Windows for me but no existing applications can be used on it. So I hope I can use Windows 10 until game compatibility on Linux passes the threshold I’m looking for :)

        • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          4·
          7 months ago

          Depending on your game preference it may be already there in some aspects

          Basically it depends on the kind of anticheat the game has

        • metaStatic@kbin.social
          3·
          7 months ago

          if you’re running a single instance of a game it’s already there. (I multibox so fuck me I guess)

          if you’re waiting for native support it’s a chicken and egg scenario, your best bet is to switch asap and show developers there’s a market.