[Swordmaker]

In other words, there will be only two versions: Home (for most people) and Pro (for those who log into domain at work.) Enterprise will not be seen outside of a few server rooms. Mobile versions will not take off. Educational version will be very uncommon outside of the poorest schools. The IoT version... who needs that one if Linux runs on all these things? Who is going to pay royalties for the IoT version when Linux/BSD/Android are free? Microsoft cannot compete with free.

I think you have made an excellent analysis.

[dayglored]

>> In other words, there will be only two versions:...

> I think you have made an excellent analysis.

Yeah I would second that as well -- at least in terms of number of units, it's very likely to come true.

The enterprise editions will be a slow uptake -- business is mighty skeptical after Windows 8 and the lost productivity Metro brought.

Then again, it's possible the mobile versions -will- take off, at least enough to represent a fair fraction of the mobiles out there. Microsoft is bringing a lot of cool and/or useful stuff to the table. But success in numbers depends on whether people actually want what Microsoft brings to the table