On 1/22/2015 9:46 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 9:32:40 AM UTC-5, Mayayana wrote:
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ows-10_Null_01
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I can't see any content on that webpage. I don't
know why. Here's another link to Mary Jo Foley, who
seems to be as much an insider as anyone when it
comes to MS:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/microso...one-8-1-users/

Note that she points out Win10 will be a service,
not a software product.

She didn't say it's not a software product. It obviously is.
What she said was MSFT will be treating it like a service by updating
it for life on the device and that there wouldn't be version numbers.


Once you go to Win10
you'll likely have very little control over your computer.

No indication of that at all from what you posted.



(Similarly, I think Apple OS upgrades are now free,
but Apple is basically selling the device and making
a lot of their money by locking it down and then selling
services, like music through iTunes. They don't just
hand it out for free because they're generous.... and
no one would ever accuse Apple of being generous.)

Win8 Metro is probably a good portent of what to
expect with Win10. It's likely people will have to get
a "Microsoft ID", allow Microsoft total control and
access, which also means fullscale spying, as well
as restrictions on what one can install/use/buy. It's
hard to guess how they might integrate that with
computers that are actually used to do anything more
than shop and play games. Maybe they'll show ads.
Maybe they'll just "sell you down the river" to marketers
and data miners. But one way or the other, you can
be sure they intend to make more money on you by
giving it away free than they do by selling it. Otherwise
they wouldn't be doing it.


Realistically, I wonder how much MSFT actually makes from selling
upgrades, at least to the home market. I doubt it's a core of
their revenue stream. I haven't paid for an upgrade in probably 15 years.
I probably paid for one upgrade ever. I think most people are
in that boat too. You get an OS with the PC when you buy it, do
whatever free upgrades there are and that's it. The upgrades never
offered anything compelling enough to justify the price. And by
the time they do, you probably are ready for new hardware too.



I don't know what the ratio of corporate upgrades is to personal but I
believe they get a more expensive platform, e.g. Windows XP NT which is
on a computer owned by a company I consult for. They are also slow to
upgrade as while US branch is on Windows 7, UK still has machines on XP.

Whatever reason MS is out to maximize its profits and market share and
they have to compete against free OS's and free upgrades.