On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh@swbell.net> wrote:
On 07/21/2015 01:56 AM, Leen de Braal wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote: It says it is free on both my Home and Ultimate versions.
That is for the first year after the official launch date of July 29. After that you have to pay, either by buying an OEM-version with a new PC, or the packaged (upgrade-)products.
There was an announcement that 10 was the last "version" of Windows. From this point on it was going to be periodic "updates". From the very beginning Windows has been the cash cow for Microsoft so I have to ask myself where is the income stream going forward. Are they going to charge for their periodic updates?
The Windows OS hasn't been a cash cow for a long time. The basically give it to OEMs. The money 5-10 years ago was already in the Office suite. I don't know where they are making their money now, but they clearly have more and more subscription services, not just licensing. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org