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Old February 12th 19, 02:47 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,alt.conspiracy
Mayayana
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Default Microsoft 'Confirms' Windows 7 New Monthly Charge

"pjp" wrote

| When I became a beta tester for 98 I once stated it was MS's intent to
| eventually charge for everytime you use their software.

That's certainly their hope. They're not making any secret
of it. And now it's in line with a lot of other companies. As long
as people accept Adobe's forced rental or go for Office 365,
the rollout will continue, because it's more profitable. But it's
not only that. These companies know their products are mature.
They can't get people to buy updates every year based on a
handful of minor featurers they may not need. With rental they
can charge for bug fixes and actual features are just "frosting".

Why is Adobe making big profits from rental? Because it's
the only option and with the buying model people used to
upgrade every other version, at most. The rental is usually
slightly cheaper (so that they can make a misleading claim
without illegally lying) than buying every full version, but of
course most people didn't do that.

But I think people are misreading the blog, if they've read it
at all.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/micr...odern-desktop/

1) Microsoft are begging corporate to move to Win10. Many
are sticking with Win7. Their frequent use of equating "modern"
with Win10 is just one symptom of their shrill desperation.
The blog is actually about goodies they're offering for moving
to Win10.

* They'll take on some tasks of IT depts (their direct
customers) by managing software auditing, tracking and
compatibility issues that IT would normally handle.

* They also claim they'll provide help for any case where
older software doesn't work on Win10.

* Third, they'll support particular Win10 versions longer.

This is not a stick up. It's a cry of desperation masquerading
as generosity. They're saying, "Look, IT people, if you'll only
sign off on this we can practically guarantee your workload
will decrease. That's why cloud is so great. We manage it on
our end..... You say you want us to also wax your car
once a week?... Let's talk."

As for Win7, that only applies to corporate licensing. It's
always been that way. MS are still making patches for XP
and a corporate licensee can still get them if they're willing
to pay through the nose. But MS refuses to let the public get
those patches. It's simply spiteful greed. They want to force
you to buy new product.

"Windows 7 ESUs will be available to all Windows 7 Professional and Windows
7 Enterprise customers in Volume Licensing."

In other words, if you're corporate you have an option
to pay for updates. With a personal ofr SOHo machine you
can't even pay them for the chance to pay them.

You can still get at least some XP updates if you add
the Registry value that says your machine is a kiosk
system. (Like an ATM.) Probably Win7 will be similar.
Though I'm not sure any ATMs have updated to Win7.

The real problem here is that people read and post to
nonsense from likes of Man-wai Chang or Good Guy.


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