"Bill" wrote in message
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In message , Jethro_uk
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well, amongst others:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...indows-10-will
-be-final-version-of-Windows.html

Once you have it, you will either (a) pay to keep it working or (b) not
pay, and see it slowly wither.

But the Telegraph article just says

"The company's comments suggest Windows 10 will receive small free
incremental updates in the vein of Apple's Mac OS X. "

and, of course, journalists are known and celebrated for their thorough
research and the precision of their writing. :-)

But it is likely that the entire industry is headed that way now,
essentially driven by what google has been doing in that area.

And it isn't just seen with OS X either, its also seen with iOS and
android. It wouldn't be at all surprising if MS has decided that
they have no real alternative given what all their competitors
are doing and with Linux quite literally completely free etc.