As the journalist explains, the omission of qualifier words to clarify "<i>last</i>" makes Microsoft's message confusing.<p>It's the "last" in the sense that it's the "last big-tent event version of Windows that was delineated by multi-year development & release milestones." No more big-tent releases like Windows 95. The new release model may also remove the idea of waiting a year or more for a Service Pack.<p>Basically, it looks like Windows release cadence will be more like Adobe Creative Cloud model: continuous incremental improvements separated by months
<i>With that membership, you'll get keep getting upgrades as long as your hardware supports them. This is just like Chrome, your apps, and other operating systems like iOS operate.</i><p>So, just like Apple and Android phones, Macbooks, and I presume Chromebooks and Surface devices, OS updates will keep getting pushed to your device until your device can no longer function acceptably, and you'll be forced to upgrade the hardware.<p>This is the OS software industry's solution to the "problem" that the hardware became good enough for most people and new sales dropped.