MS has announced the release of Windows 10 on July 29th. They are actively getting users to reserve copies via Windows Update, and a system tray icon. I’m encouraging my users to skip registration as we won’t be ready to support Windows 10 initially until more testing is done.
However, what is Avast doing to ensure compatibility with Windows 10 for its release? They have 2 months to finish testing. I’d hate to see a repeat with Windows 8/8.1 where Avast was stripped out of the system as incompatible.
This is the official note that AVAST Software has sent to the distribution channel:
"[i]Microsoft has recently announced Windows 10 will be available as of July 29th. We expect many will be looking to upgrade, if not immediately then within the 1 year in which the upgrade will be free for Win 7 and 8 users, if they are eligible for it.
Endpoint Protection (all versions) will be receiving an update to make it Win 10 compatible, however this update will not yet be ready when Win 10 becomes available. The current ETA of the update is late August, but may change.
We recommend resellers consult with their EP customers regarding their plans for Win 10 migration and advise them about the compatibility issue. While home users tend to adopt early (and are ok to do so if using the already Win 10 compatible Avast consumer products), we believe most businesses will not choose early adoption, and will instead favor a more careful approach to keep disruptions to a minimum. We will likely still see cases of customers looking to migrate as soon as possible for various reasons, our main concern is to ensure that the compatibility issue does not come as a surprise.
We believe it to be a sensible precaution to not adopt an OS early in a commercial environment. We strongly recommend that customers only make the switch to Win 10, if they have decided to make it, after Avast becomes compatible. Apologies for any inconvenience this causes to you and your customers, we are counting on you, our reseller partners, to help us mitigate the impact this will have on end users and help them make informed choices regarding the OS upgrade.[/i]"
So are we still defending the code base discrepancy between consumer and business editions? Or can we finally get a unified message back to the Avast! team that this has got to end now?!???!?