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Well lets hope so as i like windows 10, i don't like the bugs

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Difference is, most software becomes feature-stable at some point whereas Windows 10 supposedly will not.

The whole idea is there will never be a final release date. Every update will be a release and introduce new bugs as well as fixing existing ones.

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Sorry if this has been covered before, heard from various sources (computer mags) there could be a chance of Windows being a subscription program.
Anything heard by others or is it just a wind up.

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That's so untrue.

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that is untrue it not going subscription don't know what some people still push this lie

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You do not know what the future brings.

I do not see any press releases saying it will never happen. Please furnish me with such if such exists

Also it is not a lie it was never posted anywhere as canon it was just a theory based on Microsoft future plans. In 14 months time you may very well have to eat your words

One thing for sure is if this is it and Windows 10 is the last name it carries or it switches to just Windows next year when Redstone is pushed and that is it will have to be paid for somehow.
Get Windows free now never be expected to pay for M$ operating system again I do not think is ever going to happen I can see there been "Gold" or "Silver" packages ( see what I did there ? I shown M$ are not adverse to subscriptions lol) but this is just a theory not a lie

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Gabriel Aul ‎@GabeAul

@briguy943 "Windows as a service" just means that we'll continuously keep it up to date. There is no ongoing fee.

there Gabe Aul tweeted ages ago about it had to look for a while to find it in this thread lol not going to be a subsciption

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more proof here no subscription

http://www.winbeta.org/news/stopping...fee-windows-10


Gabriel Aul
‏@GabeAul @OjJanne @Microsoft Please allow me to close that door for you: No annual fee for Windows 10.
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwin...ws-windows-10/ …
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-faq …

hopefully that stop people worrying about subscription it not going to happen at all

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So how do you see M$ making money?

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they sell windows to business still in volume licences and people that don't take up free offer will have to buy it after the first year and office is there biggest money maker

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but the businesses have to options which means one lets gets patches and feature updates and the other just the patches. They get the upgrades too

So you are telling me M$ are going to sell Windows to businesses and home consumers once they let them just keep upgrading the software for free? that is financial suicide

The only demographic that needs to keep upgrading hardware is the gamer specially now the tech is where it is. A basic computer now has so much power that a hell of a lot of businesses will not need to buy a new machine again for years and years unless one breaks of course. SO buy Windows 10 then not have to buy another OS for what could be decade or longer .

I still think at some point in the not to distant future we will see a subscription based or some sort of annual payment to keep the upgrades going

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Gabe Aul confirmed no subscription for windows 10 what more proof is there MS has said it

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I asked for your opinion. Do you believe everything Cameron says? or your misses for that matter??

Windows 10 is not going to be subscription based I accept that but there are already 2 new builds on the roadmap one for this year and one for next year. I still seriously think before the end of this decade we will see a new way of paying for windows whether sub based or one off payment based because I can not see how M$ can sustain free operating system development purely on income from new customers.

I have stated why I think this all I want is your opinion on what you think the future holds on this subject

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Microsoft will just make there money elsewhere.

Hardware sales and business supscriptions as well as office sales/subs.

So not charging for windows updates is feasible.

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I hope you and Dave are right but the future is a long time my opinion is it will be short lived