Microsoft has announced that they will no longer be creating new versions of windows. So what does this mean? Well don’t worry the Windows operating system isn’t going away. They are going to be constantly developing windows 10. This means that software developers won’t have to worry about a new version of windows breaking their software. For instance, remember when Windows Vista was released and no printer would print? That was because the developers of the software were not prepared when Vista was released. From now on developers will have an easier time when building their applications for users to use.

One of my concerns is that Microsoft will have less income and that they might try to “sell” additional features which should be included in the Windows operating system. I would also worry if  they make windows a subscription fee service. For instance it costs five dollars a month to use windows, but I doubt they are likely to do this. Microsoft has stated that the majority of the windows sales come from new computers, and for that reason they are not worried about a slight loss of income. I have yet to see a company who has accepted losing income, but in theory they should reduce their costs because they don’t have to develop a new system every four years.

Overall this is good news because it helps software developers spend less money getting their products ready for window, and there are less likely to be errors. It also means consumers don’t have to worry about getting programs that work for different operating systems because it will become mostly universal. I say mostly because there will still be Mac’s and Linux based machines which still compete with windows. Remember that windows 10 will be a free upgrade for all windows 7/8 users who upgrade in the first year.