Posted on 07/14/2016 12:34:33 PM PDT by upchuck
For months Microsoft has been describing Windows 10 “as a service” and now we know why. Microsoft is going to introduce a monthly subscription fee for Windows 10 usage…
That cost will be $7 per user per month but the good news is it only applies to enterprises, for now. The new pricing tier will be called “Windows 10 Enterprise E3” and it means Windows has finally joined Office 365 and Azure as a subscription service.
Of course the big question is now: How does this new subscription pricing affect the millions of consumers who upgraded to Windows 10 on the promise of it being free?
The good news is Microsoft has gone on record to say it is not being passed down to consumers at this stage: “This new subscription model is not associated with our current upgrade offering or applicable to the Windows 10 consumer edition,” a Microsoft spokesperson told PC World.
Could Microsoft eventually introduce Windows 10 monthly subscriptions for consumers? Without doubt, but I would be highly sceptical they would apply to anyone who has already upgraded. That said there is likely to be a threshold in future where Microsoft will draw a line in the sand for the ongoing addition of new features without a fee.
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If the headline is misleading it’s because it doesn’t mention the monthly charge applies only to Win 10 Enterprise users. For now.
for now.
but enterprise users are not going to like this.
stupid is as stupid does.
This make data eminently hackable.
How much is a Linux subscription?
Any reason you can’t run OpenOffice Calc? Its free and is the open source counterpart to Excel.
To hell with MS.
I'm dealing with an errant XP machine that wants to be validated, again, after x number of years, but won't cooperate.
I'm guessing I'm going to have to enable to the onboard video and yank the video card to get the damn thing to try to phone home using the basic resolution.
To hell with MS.
I'd rather pay again for apps under linux than give MS another dime.
Its free. Open source software is free and you can run it on all platforms, something you can’t do with proprietary Windows programs.
Then there is my CS4, which I intend to run forever.
There is nothing Windows has that Linux doesn’t have.
Now would be a good time to start your migration.
And if you upgraded to Win 10, you only have 30 days to go back to your old system if you don’t like 10.
Except for Office, you won’t really miss Windows.
When you consider Linux has a 2% market share, its because Windows is easier to use.
If you hate Microsoft, there’s Apple and Linux.
“It’s not 1998 anymore. Exactly what does Windows do that Linux doesn’t? “
Probably sends more of you personal data to the Feds. hehe
An application subscription makes sense to me, but not what is basically the core of the machine. When the time comes, I will gladly revert back to Ubuntu.
“It’s not 1998 anymore. Exactly what does Windows do that Linux doesn’t? “
Have the potential to charge a monthly fee for usage.
“for now.
but enterprise users are not going to like this.”
Then they can just BUY a regular copy.
Or they could have setup their machines with the free upgrade on another partition, like they had a year to do instead of thinking how trendy they sound by screaming how they “hate” Windows 10 and will never upgrade.
“There is nothing Windows has that Linux doesn’t have.”
Support for hardware....lots of hardware.
Lack of programs that aren’t generic copies.
But by all means continue to con people into thinking Linux is going to be a frustration-free experience.
Can that software handle that?
Try Ubuntu if you never messed with Linux. It installs easily for a first time user.
And it is free. Getting help is a snap compared to MS. All done through forums of very knowledgeable folks.
“It’s not 1998 anymore. Exactly what does Windows do that Linux doesn’t? “
Work without having to go to an online forum and find out you have to type in a mountain of commands to access repositories to MAYBE get that printer of yours to work or to actually use that graphics hardware properly.
Most of my machines still run XP. This causes problems because a lot of the applications no longer support XP like the web browser Chrome and Java and newer Office programs. Firefox still runs under XP but for how long?
My son accidentally accepted the Win10 free conversion from Win7 computer so it slipped in. Darn!
Unfortunately, it is a losing battle or maybe I give up and make complete switch to Ubuntu.
Yeah, that’s about $6.95/mo more than it’s worth, in my book.
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