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Microsoft never said that. Its a myth that refuses to die. A single developer on a conference mentioned something as a sidenote, the press misinterpreted it and the internet took it and ran with it.
Do you have a source for that? I'd love to read how that myth came about, I'm serious I'm not doubting you
It goes back to Jerry Nixon, a Microsoft developer that said 2015 on the Microsoft Ignite conference in Chicago
and talking about “Windows as a service” in the future. That started this rumour. And the press went like "MICROSOFT DECLARED!..". Just that it never did.
What Microsoft later said was
There was never a single word explicit saying that Windows 10 will be the last. Only that the future may be "as a Service".
Its hard to link a single source for all that, but e.g. Forbes covered it back then: https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/05/08/microsoft-windows-10-last-windows/
Wow yeah I can clearly see how it happened now, their wording wasn't the best and then news outlets did what they do best and now we're here, thank you this was really nice to read and learn!! Have a great evening!