Microsoft finally prices Windows correctly.
Microsoft to Provide Free Upgrades to Windows 10. The article doesn't discuss how the different "subtractive" editions will work. I suppose you get a free upgrade to whichever edition you are curr...
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As said in a different way above - what is Microsoft trying to pull with this?
This is the statement in this article that has me wondering -
"On stage, Microsoft’s Terry Myerson pitched Windows 10 as a service, instead of simply an operating system that a user installs. Or, put more simply, the company views the next version of Windows as the hub of its various services."
I don't want a service, I want an OS. And a subscription OS will just drive users and the businesses they are hoping to win back even further away.
MS gives nothing away for free - sooner or later there is always a catch. This "free" upgrade to Win 10 better show that it is free and clear of any further obligation to keep it working after a year without a subscription.
This looked real exciting at first. I just bought a laptop with 8.1 and wondered what would happen when Win 10 came out. If anyone decides to take the upgrade, make a full image backup of your PC before so that when they pull the plug and want money, you can restore the computer to where it was.
And it is no surprise there is no Windows 9. They want no confusion with Windows 95 and Windows 98.
This is the statement in this article that has me wondering -
"On stage, Microsoft’s Terry Myerson pitched Windows 10 as a service, instead of simply an operating system that a user installs. Or, put more simply, the company views the next version of Windows as the hub of its various services."
I don't want a service, I want an OS. And a subscription OS will just drive users and the businesses they are hoping to win back even further away.
MS gives nothing away for free - sooner or later there is always a catch. This "free" upgrade to Win 10 better show that it is free and clear of any further obligation to keep it working after a year without a subscription.
This looked real exciting at first. I just bought a laptop with 8.1 and wondered what would happen when Win 10 came out. If anyone decides to take the upgrade, make a full image backup of your PC before so that when they pull the plug and want money, you can restore the computer to where it was.
And it is no surprise there is no Windows 9. They want no confusion with Windows 95 and Windows 98.
