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Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And even that engineer only said "last" to mean "latest", which is obvious from context, but why let that get in the way of clickbaity articles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

It happens a lot by german talking people. Latest and last are the same word here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the stupidest way to say that. Of course when it's released it will be the latest release.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

He was asked what they are working on now that they released Windows 10. He said they are still working on Windows 10 as it's the last (latest) release of Windows and still being developed. Yes he could have worded it better.