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Re: Is Microsoft getting more pushy with 10
« Reply #30 on: May 28, 2016, 02:23:46 PM »
Windows 10 will be the last OS from MS.

On Jan 21st (of last year) Terry Myerson stated that, going forward, they don't want to be in the position of having to convince people to buy the next version of Windows. and that the upgrade to Windows 10 would be the last time they have to do that. They did not outright say it would be the last version of Windows, (Though that tended to be the headline) which is good, since if they did they would have lied, as they have released several Windows versions since the initial Windows 10 release; they just happened to have called them "Windows 10: Threshold, Windows 10:Threshold 2, Windows 10:Redstone update and the upcoming "Windows 10:Anniversary Update".

During that very same conversation, Terry Myerson started talking about "Windows as a Service", which relates exactly into what I'm saying. If "Windows 365" sits ill because Microsoft would never go back on what they said, and reinterpreting or re-spinning previous marketing statements to fit a new strategy never happens (Windows Longhorn and WinFS) then let's call it the "Windows 10: Glowstone Update".

If they release a subscription-based Windows, whether it's called "Windows 10: subtitle" or "Windows 365" seems to be a bit of an unimportant detail. With how they are slowly adjusting the defaults and restricting user options and preventing users from adjusting options through the use of user-interface dark patterns, seems to implicate that this may be a longer-term goal. Options and user interfaces are slowly being changed in a way to "encourage" users to follow a particular path and increase conversion rates as much as possible. If they do release a subscription based OS- I mean, a "subscription-based update to Windows 10" I don't see any reason to expect them to approach it with any less zeal than they have done so far with the Windows 10 upgrade itself, and they will have far more tools available to limit available user options and cajole them down the garden path.
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Re: Is Microsoft getting more pushy with 10
« Reply #31 on: May 28, 2016, 06:34:14 PM »
I think they are leaning more toward OS as a service.
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Re: Is Microsoft getting more pushy with 10
« Reply #32 on: May 28, 2016, 06:50:11 PM »
I have used alt+F4 and it closed the window.  :)