On Tue, 9 Jun 2015, at 08:24 PM, [email protected] wrote: > On 2015-06-08 11:03, Stephen Russell wrote: > > http://www.winbeta.org/news/stopping-fud-there-no-yearly-subscription-fee-windows-10 > > > So what are they going to do to make up for that lost revenue stream? >
Windows 10 is a free upgrade from Windows 7/8 for a year. Meaning that you can obtain the upgrade without paying for it, for a year. If you do that, it's just a normal upgrade, it doesn't expire or anything. If you want to upgrade after that time-frame, you have to buy a copy. This is aimed really at getting home users upgraded. Most of the corporate world is still on Windows 7 and do not upgrade at the drop of a hat. By the time those guys get round to it, they'll be paying for it. Also Microsoft seems to be moving more towards a services model for all of its cash cows, being Office, Windows and the gaming platform. So presumably they think they can work that way instead. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1433927534.3909541.291652185.6abfa...@webmail.messagingengine.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
