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May 20th 15, 11:19 AM
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May 20th 15, 11:55 AM
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On Wed, 20 May 2015 12:19:23 +0200, A wrote:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html Another good reason to stay with Windows 7, a perfectly adequate operating system which is effectively "free" from now until 2020 because I've already paid for it. Why pay more? Rod.
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May 20th 15, 12:02 PM
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Roderick Stewart wrote:
On Wed, 20 May 2015 12:19:23 +0200, A wrote: http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html Another good reason to stay with Windows 7, a perfectly adequate operating system which is effectively "free" from now until 2020 because I've already paid for it. Why pay more? Rod. And if you're into torrents, completely free. -- A
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May 20th 15, 02:51 PM
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On 2015-05-20 6:19 AM, A wrote:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html You seem to be implying that they will require Windows users to pay for a subscription like Office 365. What a Microsoft representative was quoted as saying said no such thing. Let's quote it from the article: "“Microsoft will offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 for qualified Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices in the first year. After the first year, upgrades will be paid via boxed product and VL Upgrades.”" In other words, if you don't upgrade for free during the first year, you will be able to do so on day 366 and on by buying the product at a store. If the product is purchased, you will get updates for free for the lifetime of that device. -- Slimer Encrypt.
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May 20th 15, 03:05 PM
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Slimer wrote:
On 2015-05-20 6:19 AM, A wrote: http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html You seem to be implying that they will require Windows users to pay for a subscription like Office 365. I wrote nor implied no such thing. What a Microsoft representative was quoted as saying said no such thing. Let's quote it from the article: "“Microsoft will offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 for qualified Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices in the first year. After the first year, upgrades will be paid via boxed product and VL Upgrades.”" In other words, if you don't upgrade for free during the first year, you will be able to do so on day 366 and on by buying the product at a store. If the product is purchased, you will get updates for free for the lifetime of that device. Yeah, like the subject says, "you have to pay". -- A
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May 20th 15, 04:45 PM
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Microsoft will lose millions of clients but will ensure a periodic profit
which is better for the company. It's not the end of the world it's just me feeling poor. "A" escreveu na mensagem ... http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html -- A
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May 20th 15, 04:49 PM
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"Gajo" escreveu na mensagem ... Microsoft will lose millions of clients but will ensure a periodic profit which is better for the company. It's not the end of the world it's just me feeling poor. "A" escreveu na mensagem ... http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html -- A Maybe they'll charge for windows 7 also because the rules are we're not owners.
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May 20th 15, 04:53 PM
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"Gajo" escreveu na mensagem ... Microsoft will lose millions of clients but will ensure a periodic profit which is better for the company. It's not the end of the world it's just me feeling poor. "A" escreveu na mensagem ... http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html -- A Maybe they'll charge for windows 7 also because the rules are we're not owners. Or maybe in the future Windows 7 systems stop working.
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May 20th 15, 04:55 PM
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That's progress for healthy people.
"Gajo" escreveu na mensagem ... Microsoft will lose millions of clients but will ensure a periodic profit which is better for the company. It's not the end of the world it's just me feeling poor. "A" escreveu na mensagem ... http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html -- A Maybe they'll charge for windows 7 also because the rules are we're not owners. Or maybe in the future Windows 7 systems stop working.
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May 20th 15, 06:22 PM
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On Wed, 20 May 2015 16:55:45 +0100, "Gajo" wrote:
Maybe they'll charge for windows 7 also because the rules are we're not owners. Or maybe in the future Windows 7 systems stop working. I'll be disappointed if they do that, but luckily it will be no more than a disappointment because I am reasonably familiar with alternatives that would enable me to abandon Microsoft tomorrow if I had to. I'd prefer not to just yet, but I'm not the least bit worried by what Microsoft decide to do. I'm sure they're not worried about me either if they really have 400 million Windows users. I wonder how many customers they'd need to lose before they started caring what we thought? Rod.
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May 20th 15, 07:49 PM
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I think I'll be waiting to be sure if we'll have to rent windows 10 like
Office 365. Now all we have are rumors. "Roderick Stewart" escreveu na mensagem ... On Wed, 20 May 2015 16:55:45 +0100, "Gajo" wrote: Maybe they'll charge for windows 7 also because the rules are we're not owners. Or maybe in the future Windows 7 systems stop working. I'll be disappointed if they do that, but luckily it will be no more than a disappointment because I am reasonably familiar with alternatives that would enable me to abandon Microsoft tomorrow if I had to. I'd prefer not to just yet, but I'm not the least bit worried by what Microsoft decide to do. I'm sure they're not worried about me either if they really have 400 million Windows users. I wonder how many customers they'd need to lose before they started caring what we thought? Rod.
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May 21st 15, 12:20 AM
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A wrote:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html That's not what the article states Did you read it before crafting the title of your initial post/message In summary. If you don't upgrade in the first year after Windows 10 is released, it will be necessary to purchase the full version product at whatever the retail (or disounted) price is from MSFT or 3rd party resellers. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps
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May 21st 15, 12:22 AM
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A wrote:
Slimer wrote: On 2015-05-20 6:19 AM, A wrote: http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html You seem to be implying that they will require Windows users to pay for a subscription like Office 365. I wrote nor implied no such thing. What a Microsoft representative was quoted as saying said no such thing. Let's quote it from the article: "“Microsoft will offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 for qualified Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices in the first year. After the first year, upgrades will be paid via boxed product and VL Upgrades.”" In other words, if you don't upgrade for free during the first year, you will be able to do so on day 366 and on by buying the product at a store. If the product is purchased, you will get updates for free for the lifetime of that device. Yeah, like the subject says, "you have to pay". No, what your title of the message implied is that even if folks upgrade in the first year they will have to pay after the first year. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps
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May 21st 15, 08:56 AM
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On Wed, 20 May 2015 19:22:29 -0400, ". . .winston"
wrote: "Microsoft will offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 for qualified Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices in the first year. After the first year, upgrades will be paid via boxed product and VL Upgrades." In other words, if you don't upgrade for free during the first year, you will be able to do so on day 366 and on by buying the product at a store. If the product is purchased, you will get updates for free for the lifetime of that device. Yeah, like the subject says, "you have to pay". No, what your title of the message implied is that even if folks upgrade in the first year they will have to pay after the first year. If it does work like that, then the free upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 is effectively the opportunity to replace a system that has five more years life before I have to do something, with another one that has only one year. Not only does this offer me no incentive to change, I don't even feel much of an incentive to find out about it. Rod.
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May 21st 15, 10:00 AM
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.. . .winston wrote:
A wrote: Slimer wrote: On 2015-05-20 6:19 AM, A wrote: http://www.pcworld.com/article/29238...er-lapses.html You seem to be implying that they will require Windows users to pay for a subscription like Office 365. I wrote nor implied no such thing. What a Microsoft representative was quoted as saying said no such thing. Let's quote it from the article: "“Microsoft will offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 for qualified Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices in the first year. After the first year, upgrades will be paid via boxed product and VL Upgrades.”" In other words, if you don't upgrade for free during the first year, you will be able to do so on day 366 and on by buying the product at a store. If the product is purchased, you will get updates for free for the lifetime of that device. Yeah, like the subject says, "you have to pay". No, what your title of the message implied is that even if folks upgrade in the first year they will have to pay after the first year. And they do for updates and upgrades. -- A
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