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The Windows 10 situation is no different to that for 7/8 - No chance that it'll overnight transition to being 'as a service' for a charge. Instead what'll most

The Windows 10 situation is no different to that for 7/8 - No chance that it'll overnight transition to being 'as a service' for a charge. Instead what'll most likely happen is the next releast of Windows desktop after 10 will be set up from the start as a service offering, and at the point where people sign up for it the ongoing charge aspects will be spelled out very clearly, including in the Ts and Cs. It'll be similar to how Office switched to the Online version - Superficially little change in the product, but clearly delineated with a separate deployment, branding, and versioning. It can only be this way, because aside from the 'stealth' upgrades' that some 7/8 users encountered, a significant number of people bought windows 10 licensing, at retail. It would be a PR nightmare for Microsoft to attempt to invalidate ongoing OS usage rights for their Windows 10 user base, and they're not ignorant of that fact.

evfanknitram 8y ago
Yes. I'm amazed that the writer or this article didn't realize this.
- justsomedude43 8y ago
  That's because they're neither a writer not is it an article. Take Forbes with a grain of salt, their authors are mostly half-literate unemployed students writing "blitz articles" for about 50p/100 words.
lev99 8y ago
The whole thing is crazy. You aren't going to have to sign up for a windows subscription when buying a new laptop. This would absolutely kill the home windows market. The low end consumer would delay upgrading as long as possible. The high end consumer would go to Apple. More people would adopt Linux.
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- type0 8y ago
  > You aren't going to have to sign up for a windows subscription when buying a new laptop. I think the majority of the consumers in the West will accept this and MS will continue to make a shit ton of money. It's just another subscription you add to the list along with netflix, spotify, mobile carrier subscription etc. > More people would adopt Linux. I hope this could be true, unfortunately they probably will buy a Chromebook if they don't like the hassle of a Windows subscription.
ConceptJunkie 8y ago
> the next release of Windows desktop after 10 Which will no doubt be called Windows One.

evfanknitram 8y ago

Yes. I'm amazed that the writer or this article didn't realize this.

justsomedude43 8y ago
That's because they're neither a writer not is it an article. Take Forbes with a grain of salt, their authors are mostly half-literate unemployed students writing "blitz articles" for about 50p/100 words.

lev99 8y ago

The whole thing is crazy. You aren't going to have to sign up for a windows subscription when buying a new laptop. This would absolutely kill the home windows market. The low end consumer would delay upgrading as long as possible. The high end consumer would go to Apple. More people would adopt Linux.

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type0 8y ago
> You aren't going to have to sign up for a windows subscription when buying a new laptop. I think the majority of the consumers in the West will accept this and MS will continue to make a shit ton of money. It's just another subscription you add to the list along with netflix, spotify, mobile carrier subscription etc. > More people would adopt Linux. I hope this could be true, unfortunately they probably will buy a Chromebook if they don't like the hassle of a Windows subscription.

ConceptJunkie 8y ago

> the next release of Windows desktop after 10 Which will no doubt be called Windows One.