Can't help but smile at the title being "MS retreats" rather than "MS extends support for...". Gotta beat that horse.

1. First they had one policy, then they changed it, and subsequently changed it back again to the first. (18 words).

2. MS retreated. (2 words) : Terser, factual (as they did it under fire) and "red meatier". WIN! 

 Nah, they just advanced in the opposite direction.

If you keep changing a policy, then it's not a policy, it's just a suggestion.

That "Git this Windows 10 down yer throat" is happening to more and more people more often these days.  The Arrogance of MS is astounding.  I would say unbelievable, but it is fact that MS has become so aggressive in forcing Win 10 onto users of previous Windows editions who wanted to remain with them.  I myself was forced to move to Win 10 when I wished to remain with 8.1... and the bastards did it right before my eyes and there was nothing I could do to prevent it, bar unplug my 2-in-1 and pull out the battery.

Some people are telling me that they shut down their machines with Win 7 or 8.1 only to be greeted with Win 10 at their next session.  Now that is arrogance at its worst, with a company that's out of control by performing unwanted/unwelcome changes to peoples personal property.  There's no question of consent, it's just done when one's back is turned.  Now I don't care if it is supposedly 'free', it is no different to a builder breaking into somebody's house and doing a few renovations without consent.  That is criminal, and what MS is doing should be as well..  so why isn't it?

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And I thought Apple was arrogant!  Well it is, but Microsoft leap-frogged Apple to become the most arrogant tech company by many a mile.

"Advance to the rear" in MilSpeak

Hehe, reminds me of a joke that was going around when I was a teeneager......

Q: How many gears has an Italian tank got?

A: 4 in reverse and 2 going forward.... just in case they're attacked from behind.

Just when you think Microsoft can't stoop any lower...... it does.

Users of Windows 7 and 8.1 received an update with critical patches that displays banner ads for Windows 10  Internet Explorer... like it simply does not get the message not everybody wants to downgrade.  Presumably, this is in response to the millions of users who installed GWX Control Panel, to get the Win 10 message out there by any means possible.

Yup, it's pretty low!  Read more here and here.

KB3139929 uninstalls without a problem.  Don't use IE (intentionally, anyway).

Most companies don't outlive their founders by very long.  Looks like Microsoft is determined to go first.

Yup, Microsoft is doing everything in its power to alienate and anger people.  I can't recall the last time I heard anyone say anything good about it.  Most people I know are angry at what MS has done to them... what with the constant harrassment to switch to 10, to then downloading and installing it on 'resisters' machines when they're not looking.

Surely there has to be something illegal about that.... virtually hacking into a user's machine and altering it against their will.

the problem isn't whether you use ie or not, but whether something else uses it (eg windows help files). bundling win10 stuff with security update is a really bad thing.

Really bad is an underestimation of Biblical proportions... absolutely criminally atrocious doesn't even cut it.  What Microsoft is doing to peddle its latest OS goes well beyond dirty play.  It's bordering on evil.