Windows 10 will be Microsoft’s Windows OS swansong, reports suggest

If reports and Microsoft‘s new service-over-product mindset is to be believed, then Windows 10 will be the company’s final iteration of Windows and possibly it’s final operating system release.

That’s right. The OS that practically spanned many of our waking lives will adopt an OS X- or web browser-like update cycle, with Microsoft tweaking bits and bobs instead of overhauling it every five years. Think of it as the final underlying iteration of the OS, which will likely change its hair or summer dress every season.

As noted in The Telegraph this week, Microsoft developer evangelist Jerry Nixon practically confirmed this at Microsoft’s Ignite conference in Chicago: “Right now we’re releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we’re all still working on Windows 10 [emphasis added].”

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This is pretty important news. Not only does it mean that Microsoft will reach and probably surpass its adoption goals outlined for Windows 10, but it will also ensure that enterprises needn’t worry about updating to a new OS every five years, something that has been catastrophic for Microsoft in the past with the likes of Windows Vista and Windows 8.

Of course, the company could always change its philosophy going forward, but it’s new “Windows as a service” mantra will undoubtedly guide any OS undertakings in the future.

Microsoft has yet to pen a date for the official launch of Windows 10, but expect the final, polished version to arrive within the next three months.