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Old 09-06-2015, 00:49   #666
johnhook
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Re: [Update] Windows 10 Discussion

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
I'd rather believe the opinion of a Microsoft product manager over yours.

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Business will NOT be able to buy one license and have upgrades forever. They will have to pay for a new copy of Windows every time they buy a new computer.


Same reason that Windows XP hasn't changed much in 12 years yet businesses had to update it.

And how many business do you know that use 12 year old desktop PCs for their day-to-day office work?

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Correct.

Any amount of money they may lose by giving away upgrades for free to existing users is minuscule in comparison to the number of paid-for new copies that will be sold during that time.

Only a tiny minority of people would ever have purchased a new copy of Windows to upgrade an existing machine.
I am not asking anyone to believe my opinion just posting what it is. Thought this was a discussion board am I mistaken?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ View Post
I hope they don't try and go down the Office 365 route.
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
They will.
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
It's more like, pay every year for the additional features and updates you get every year. I suppose it's not a full subscription service but they have said it'll be somewhat subscription based/SaaS.

Far as I'm aware, you lose updates if you unsubscribe, Windows keeps working, same as what happens if you upgrade an unlicensed copy.

hmmmmm less than a month ago you had the same opinion funny that ba dum dum tush
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