[Greysard]

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.

[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.

[tacticalogic]

Microsoft cannot compete with free.

Free software is like free puppies.

[Alas Babylon!]

Enterprise will not be seen outside of a few server rooms.

No.

In fact, this is where they make the MOST money.

The enterprise is nothing more than the volume license for the client they sell to most corporations with more than 100 workstations.

So anyone using KMS, MAK or other volume activation methods use the Enterprise version--in other words, the most sold.

If you want to use AppLocker, DirectAccess, BranchCache, managed image deployment and a dozen other large-scale technologies, you'll need the Enterprise version.