I retired from a 40 year career as a software engineer/architect in 2016. I built multi-million dollar systems, and managed large development projects in the Energy sector. I have coded in every language imaginable. And I have been using the last stable and productive version of Windows -- Windows 7 -- since it was released. It never crashes. It is blazingly fast on one third the hardware. It runs all the software I need -- which I own, and do not have to rent. The only time I ever have to spend fixing computer problems these days is with my wife's new Win-11 Dell, which is so slow on three times the hardware speed and memory, that either of us can easily out-type it in any text editor. Everytime it updates (regardless of how many times and ways I turn update off) it crashes. Why anyone is pushing that POS crap, I will never understand. A COMPETITOR would have to be suicidal to force that crap on its customers!
The fact is, there has been no significant progress in software design not related to AI in over 20 years. So why on Earth are you trying to force me to switch to Microsoft's latest OS just to run your COMPETING software? Why wouldn't I just use "Edge"?
Listen to me. I would BUY FIREFOX if you would just promise that it would continue to work indefinitely, the same way MS-Word7 and MS-Excel7 do on my 2016-vintage Dell, running Windows 7. I don't need upgrades -- which inevitably remove functionality and introduce bugs. Just sell me the damned browser and leave me alone! On the day someone invents a reason to switch, I'll let YOU know.
Don't you realize WHY people use Firefox instead of Chrome or Edge? Pull your damned head out! Ending support for Win-7? Are you insane? Is your company just tired of making money?
