I help maintain some OSS software and we're unable to properly, universally, switch to UTF-8 because of users insisting they stay on older versions of Windows 10 (pre-1903, which added the Unicode codepage support). I'm sure there are going to be other features/upgrades/fixes where users lingering on older versions are going to be a pain.
So, I do wonder about a breakdown of which Windows 10 releases/builds are in use. In 10 years time are we going to be rid of anything but Windows 10 for Windows OS ver
we're unable to properly, universally, switch to UTF-8 because of users insisting they stay on older versions of Windows 10 (pre-1903, which added the Unicode codepage support).
The relevant date would be when the version before 1903 was out of support.
But at least we're moving back to the main point I was trying to make, with the UTF-8 issue being an example. It doesn't matter if Windows 7 use drops to literally zero, we'll still have people on now unsupported releases of Windows 10. Some of them object to it being more difficult to disable telemetry in later versions. Others might have been scared off by the numerous issues various releases have had. But in the end it just means they're users with unpatched Windows 10 running against known security issues, and have a high probability of their machine becoming part of a bot net at some point.
*Which* Windows 10 versions/builds ? (Score:2)
I help maintain some OSS software and we're unable to properly, universally, switch to UTF-8 because of users insisting they stay on older versions of Windows 10 (pre-1903, which added the Unicode codepage support). I'm sure there are going to be other features/upgrades/fixes where users lingering on older versions are going to be a pain.
So, I do wonder about a breakdown of which Windows 10 releases/builds are in use. In 10 years time are we going to be rid of anything but Windows 10 for Windows OS ver
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we're unable to properly, universally, switch to UTF-8 because of users insisting they stay on older versions of Windows 10 (pre-1903, which added the Unicode codepage support).
December 8. One more month.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-... [microsoft.com]
Re:*Which* Windows 10 versions/builds ? (Score:2)
The relevant date would be when the version before 1903 was out of support.
But at least we're moving back to the main point I was trying to make, with the UTF-8 issue being an example. It doesn't matter if Windows 7 use drops to literally zero, we'll still have people on now unsupported releases of Windows 10. Some of them object to it being more difficult to disable telemetry in later versions. Others might have been scared off by the numerous issues various releases have had. But in the end it just means they're users with unpatched Windows 10 running against known security issues, and have a high probability of their machine becoming part of a bot net at some point.
Not all 'Windows 10' installations are equal.