Windows 10 Version 1803 to be Called the Spring Creators Update
- Paul Thurrott
- Mar 08, 2018
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Microsoft has still not officially announced its branding for Windows 10 version 1803. But now we know the real name.
And yes, it’s the Spring Creators Update. Sorry. If it helps, yes, this is my fault. Someday I’ll tell that story.
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But as I’ve pointed out in the past when others complained about this groan-inducing re-use of the same name over and over again, it makes sense. Spring Creators Update is consistent with the naming used for previous two Windows 10 feature updates.
Many will complain, naturally. That’s what we do.
Spring isn’t Spring in some parts of the world, for example. Spring doesn’t help identify the year, either. What’s Microsoft going to do for Windows 10 version 1903? Call it the Spring Creators Update … again?
Sure. Why not?
After all, Xbox reuses Spring and Fall in its own system updates, and it never makes any mention of the year. And more to the point, Spring Creators Update is just the name of the update, it’s not really the name of the resulting Windows 10 version. The real name of this thing is Windows 10 version 1803. That name is cast is stone, and it cannot be confused for other Windows 10 versions.
More to the point, when it comes to Windows 10, we have plenty of real issues to raise, and the name of a single feature update, or even the overarching product branding that Microsoft uses across multiple features updates, simply doesn’t crack the list. It’s just not that important.
Anyway, we learned about the naming when The Walking Cat on Twitter asked about how Windows 10 version 1803 identifies itself internally via PowerShell. The answer? The Windows 10 Spring Creators Update.
Get used to it. Fall will arrive eventually, and then we can start complaining again.
Conversation 71 comments
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dontbe evil
<blockquote><a href="#251393"><em>In reply to Pbike908:</em></a></blockquote><p>april</p>
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slartybartmark
<p>It does feel a little like the kid who shows up to school one day determined to establish his or her own nickname and get everyone to call them "The Creator".</p>
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skane2600
<p>I don't get why Microsoft wants to have "Windows 10" be the "final" version of Windows but then use all these foofoo names for updates. </p>
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skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#251540"><em>In reply to RM:</em></a></blockquote><p>"Right now we're releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we're all still working on Windows 10." – Jerry Nixon at Microsoft Ignite 2015.</p><p><br></p><p>Where's the "branding" language? In any case after many years of naming their OS as "Windows <version>" the general public isn't going to consider "Windows 10" to be a brand rather than a just the newest version of Windows. </p><p><br></p><p>I suspect that if Windows is still an important OS in 10 years we'll be seeing a name change. After all, new CEOs have to make changes to prove their doing something for their absurd compensation. </p>
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skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#251661"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>Windows might not be Microsoft's biggest cash cow at this point, but it's still a big cash cow. </p><p><br></p><p>PWAs will just be another hyped approach like "Responsive Design". There have been many in the past and there will be many in the future. </p>
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skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#251720"><em>In reply to MutualCore:</em></a></blockquote><p>Why would Windows users care what naming convention an OS they don't use adopts? Besides it's not as if Apple names all of their OS versions after the same big cat in the manner of "Windows 10".</p>
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shameermulji
<p>Why not just use the numbering system Apple uses for macOS (ie: 10.1, 10,2, 10,3, etc..)?</p>