[dayglored]

> The slow growth is related to the the end of the free Windows 10 upgrade period and the disappointing sales of Windows smartphones. It’s therefore very unlikely that Microsoft will achieve its goal of 1 billion Windows 10 users by 2018.

Win10 adoption is in trouble, and they know it. They'll be lucky to make a billion installs by 2020 at this rate.

But in Jan 2020 Win7 stops getting security updates. That will force a lot of business and professional users to switch to Win10 if they haven't already.

Hopefully, by then Win10 will have evolved into a useful environment to get actual work done, as opposed to watching streaming media and checking one's Facebook and Twitter feeds.

[Bob434]

[[ But in Jan 2020 Win7 stops getting security updates. That will force a lot of business and professional users to switch to Win10 if they haven’t already. ]]

At which point they will no doubt declare “Sales are skyrocketting- people love windows 10”