You can work the "perfect" angle however you like but you still don't get it. What MS are doing is instead of releasing a new version as an installable package once every few years, which customers can choose to buy or not and install or not, they will be enhancing it continuously and updating monthly or quarterly. The reason is that the second method allows them to charge an annual, recurring fee and hence move from selling a package, once-off, to an annuity income stream model. It removes from the customer the need to make a choice and instead fosters a set-and-forget annual charge. This does NOT mean that Windows 10 is the last major version of Windows which is what your phrasing suggests. It means Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows you buy as a package, on a DVD, and manually install. There will be windows 11, 12 and whatever (or whatever name they use). This is the same thing they are doing with Office 365 - changing from a package you buy once to a software system you pay continuously for.



>"as close to perfect as they think is possible" was my words, based on the conclusions I have made after my own observations, nonsense or not. Except for those words, I would say that your excerpts prove what I just wrote, namely that Windows 10 will be the last "major" Windows version.
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>>It is not a case of Microsoft thinking "Win10 to be as close to perfect as they think is possible" as you suggest. That is nonsense. The thinking about Windows 10 and beyond, according to Mary Jo Foley, a recognized expert and insider on matters related to MS, is that MS want to release a new version of Windows (10) and then release updates and enhancements on a far more regular basis. This is as opposed to bringing out a completely new version every few years as has been their modus operandi for decades.
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>>http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-christens-the-next-version-of-windows-as-windows-10-7000034196/
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>>"But Microsoft went instead with Windows 10 because they wanted to signify that the coming Windows release would be the last "major" Windows update (i.e. a complete, new release/version). Going forward, Microsoft is planning to make regular, smaller updates to the Windows 10 codebase, rather than pushing out new major updates years apart. Windows 10 will have a common codebase across multiple screen sizes, with the UI tailored to work on those devices."
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>>http://www.zdnet.com/why-microsofts-engineering-changes-will-be-the-real-windows-threshold-story-7000034147/
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>>"The unified Operating Systems Group has been working on new mechanisms for user feedback, testing new features in a way to gauge user acceptance, tracking bugs and rolling out new functionality and fixes starting with Threshold (codename for next version Windows).
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>>Up until recently, Microsoft typically has taken three to six months to roll out new "milestone" test builds of Windows. But starting with Threshold, that window is going to become closer to one month between updates."
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>>The idea here is to provide a far faster turnaround to Windows users, provide more integration to cloud based functionality, and better user experience. It is not stating that Windows 10 is the last version of Windows because it is "perfect" - which would imply that all future developments in the world of computing would be ignored and irrelevant to one of MS's flagship products and revenue generators.
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>>The actual change is this: MS want to move to an annuity revenue model whereby users "subscribe" to Windows like they can to Office 365. The annuity revenue model creates continuous, recurring income streams (and dependency) rather than once-off bulk sales every few years. It becomes a set and forget payment system rather than having users re-think whether they want the next version or not. This has nothing to do with tech and everything to do with money and customer lock-in.
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>>>No, I don't have, but quite a few others have heard or read the same thing. Unfortunately, I didn't foresee the need to later prove what I read or heard. When I search for "Windows 10" plus "Press release" or "Update" or something similar, I get nearly 200 millions hits, I don't have the time to go through them all.
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>>>>Press releases? Have you got links to these?
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>>>>>Because Microsoft has hinted that, according to press releases I have read. After Win10 they only plan to release updates from time to time, not unlike Apple does. They consider Win10 to be as close to perfect as they think is possible.
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>>>>>>Why do you say Windows 10 may be the last version MS will ever release?
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>>>>>>>I would suggest that you find out why your form seems to hang before you give up on VFP. Over all people have reported very few problems with VFP9 and Win7 or Win8. Personally I have used VFP9 and Win7, both 32-bit and 64-bit, with absolutely no problems whatsoever. You should also be aware that VFP9 has been tested successfully with the pre-release of Win10. And since Win10 may end up being the last version Microsoft will ever release, VFP9 may also end up working forever.