Confirmed....
 
Windows 10 will be subscription based and ongoing just like Platinum (funny though how it totally gets glossed over by BBC IT journalist, he probably didn't twig (I've tweeted him twice before and he's had to correct his articles so not surprised))...

I doubt though we will be able to own it outright after 12 months :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32658340
 

MS is already so "heavy" as far as software goes ... I can't imagine it needing to authenticate all the time also lol.
 
That sucks though.
 
 

Well it's no wonder you can upgrade for free... It will probably be free for a year....and once everybody has finished beta testing it... it's on with the subscriptions!

yikes, is this really the Windows OS future ?
They will get their money, to pay for all that research + development
They are driving the bus, and we will be the passengers.
Maybe it will open the doors for some real OS competition ?

As soon as I can get Platinum working in Wine (almost there not quite) I'm adopting Linux 100%

Cakewalk Sonar working in another OS ? Is this your dream, or a possible reality ?
Wine . . . only heard of it, don't know the details . . . isn't it a MAC thing only ?

According to MS the upgrade is free to all existing windows 7 and 8 licenses.... IF you do the upgrade during the first year. It will also continue to get OS updates free for its lifetime.
 
If you do not upgrade during that time you might be in on the subscription model.
 
Not to worry I'm sure the hackers will find a way to hack the subscription model just as they have for every other version of windows.

noynekker
 
isn't it a MAC thing only ?

It's a LinSux Linux thing, I messed around with many different Linux Distro's over the years, and well . . .  it was 'novel', but Linux certainly isn't where it's at on a lot of levels, and I don't think it ever will be. I wonder if next year is still going to be the 'Year of Linux' . . .  lol
It's ok, and like I said a novel little toy, but mainstream, ain't gonna happen, for starters lack of support is it's main killer, and I don't think that will change much over all, maybe if it didn't have so many variations all doing things a little differently, but that's just my view

Tom Riggs
According to MS the upgrade is free to all existing windows 7 and 8 licenses.... IF you do the upgrade during the first year. It will also continue to get OS updates free for its lifetime.
 
If you do not upgrade during that time you might be in on the subscription model.
 
Not to worry I'm sure the hackers will find a way to hack the subscription model just as they have for every other version of windows.

There must be a catch. I suppose it will require a transfer fee when one needs to do a hardware upgrade or PC replacement.

"At its press event today, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users during its first year of availability. There was some confusion, however, when Microsoft's Terry Myerson started talking about Windows 10 "as a service." Did that mean that after that first year of free availability, Windows 10 would cost an annual fee? I asked Myerson for clarification after the presentation, and he confirmed that there will be no additional fees attached to Windows 10, whenever you buy it."
webpage : http://www.pcgamer.com/mi...old-as-a-subscription/