XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Arlen,   
      
   > Windows 10 Full Support Timeline   
   > Release date: 29 July 2015   
   > End of support date: 14 October 2025   
   > Duration: Approximately 10 years of full security support for   
   > all known vulnerabilities   
      
   Lets add some more facts :   
      
   Windows hardware average lifespan : 5 years (with some major upgrades upto   
   8).   
   Is Win 10 upgradable ?  No.  Win 11 *refuses* to be installed on Win 10   
   hardware.  You're stuck with it until you buy new hardware (A repeated   
   issue, see the "windows 8 ready" debacle)   
      
   Smartphone hardware average lifespan : less than three years.   
   Is the Android version upgradable ?  Yes, and it happens automatically.   
      
   Also:   
      
   In the life-cycle of win 10 (2015 to 2021, so six years) Android had 10   
   versions, meaning that the life-cycle of android was 7.2 months on average.   
      
   Where Windows has a support duration of 1.6 times its life-cycle, Android   
   phones have a support of *5 times* its life-cycle.   
      
   Or, in other words : if Android would have the same life-cycle as Win 10   
   does its support duration would be 30 years.   
      
   So, both Android and Windows support covers their hardwares average   
   lifespan.  Though on smartphones the OS version is regulary upgraded, and   
   that version than again gets the full three years of support - even when the   
   hardware won't be able to do another version upgrade.   iow, the /full/   
   support duration can span 6 years. Thats *ten times* its life-cycle.   
   Windows ?  A meager one-and-a-half.   
      
   Even in absolute numbers Android wins : where Windows has just four years   
   after its life-cycle ends, Android gives five-point-three years after its   
   initial versions life-cycle ends.   
      
   Also:   
      
   Number of bungled-up updates of Windows ?  Quite a number, with the last one   
   just a month or so ago.   
   Number of bungled-up updates of Android ?  Very few.   
      
   Number of Windows OS (not apps) related flaws : many.   
   Number of Android OS (not apps) related flaws : Very few, if any.   
      
   A  windows update/upgrade forces a reboot ?  Yes.   
   An Android update/upgrade forces a reboot ?  No.   
      
   I would say that, between Windows and Android, Android wins hands-down.   
      
      
   ... though I still dislike Android, as it(s owner) does not provide an open   
   programming environment. :-(   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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