On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:01:33 -0600, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:07:23 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message 20190117090848.50d76286@milospc, Johnny
writes:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:37:21 +0800
"Mr. Man-wai Chang" wrote:

Can a class-action suit be filed to US Court to force Micro$oft to
extend its support for Windows 7?

I doubt it; I can't see how any company can be obliged to continue
supporting an obsolete product, unless they were foolish enough to ever
promise to do so. I would say it's like expecting Ford to continue to
support the Model T, but I have a feeling they do.
snip

One might wonder what's obsolete about Windows 7, and who gets to make
the determination in the first place?


Here is Merriam-Webster's definition of "obsolete":

1 a : no longer in use or no longer useful an obsolete word
b : of a kind or style no longer current : old-fashioned
an obsolete technology farming methods that are now
obsolete

As far as I'm concerned, it's not quite obsolete, but it's clearly
getting there. It's obsolescent. Here is Merriam-Webster's definition
of "obsolescent":

going out of use : becoming obsolete

Again, clearly Windows 7 is going out of use.


It certainly doesn't seem obsolete
to me. In fact, it seems to be much more functional and stable than 10,
although that opinion isn't universal.


I don't agree. In my experience, both Windows 7 and 10 are almost
completely stable. I don't remember any Windows 10 crashes here.

Also in my experience, Windows 10 is just as functional as Windows 7.
Anything that can be done in Windows 7 can also be done in Window 10.
Add third-party programs like Start 10 (which I use and like very
much) and Directory Opus (which I use and also like very much) and it
can be done just as easily (or more easily, in the case of Directory
Opus) as in Windows 7.

One other comment: what is perceived as Windows 10 lack of stability
by many people often has nothing to do with stability. Crashes can be
caused by many things: hardware problems, malware infection, user
errors, bad software, etc. And if a crash occurs on the computer of
someone who thinks Windows 10 is a bad choice, he usually doesn't know
what caused it, and typically blames it on Windows 10.

I'll take that one step further: roll the clock back and change all
instances of "Windows 10" in the above paragraph to "the latest
version of Windows," and it remains true. There are almost always
many people who think the latest version of Windows, whatever it is,
is terrible, and blame all their problems on it.