>>>>The Windows 10 freebie is on a one-year basis only. After a year you have to purchase it or it stops functioning. ;-)
That is incorrect.<<<<<<
Yea sure, you betcha...........
from Forbes ——>...On multiple occasions this year Microsoft has come out and said it sees itself as a services company moving forward and that it views Windows long term as a subscription service, not a buy once platform as it has been up to now.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/06/17/windows-10-free-for-1-year-what-happens-next/
Hate to break the ‘free’ as in beer bubble, but....
Old FUD. MS has continously said the OS is free for the life of your product. They make money selling apps, having subscriptions to Office etc.