Microsoft wants business users to stop using Windows 7

Jan17

by Sindy Cator on January 17, 2017 at 12:03 pm

Windows 7 is barely ten years old, and already it’s rapidly approaching the end of its supported life. Now, perhaps with the aim of preventing it from endlessly limping on as Windows XP did, Microsoft Germany is encouraging business users to make the switch to a newer version of the operating system, claiming Windows 7 is no longer “fit” to be used in businesses. Markus Nitschke, head of Windows at Microsoft Deutschland, pulled no punches when he stated that Windows 7 “can no longer keep up with the increased security requirements” of the mid-2010’s. “Windows 7 is based on long-outdated security…