Re: Windows 10

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Windows 10
Date	2015-06-05 12:14 +1000
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"felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message 
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> On 03-June-2015 8:52 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Clocky" <notgonna@happen.com> wrote in message 
>> news:556eb761$0$12910$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com...
>>> On 3/06/2015 1:22 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message
>>>> news:ct7455F645gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> On 03-June-2015 7:51 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:ct54d9Fkl9tU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>> On 02-June-2015 3:22 PM, SG1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:ct4ncdFhls0U2@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is everyone going to get their free copy?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just replied on the W7 Ult machine will have to fire up the others
>>>>>>>> to check. At this stage will be
>>>>>>>> 5 copies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> why are they doing this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because all their competition does that now.
>>>>
>>>>> what competition?
>>>>
>>>> The Mac OS-X, iOS, android, Linux.
>>>>
>>>
>>>>> everyone uses M$
>>>>
>>>> Not anymore now that so many are
>>>> using tablets and smartphones now.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's true though most I know still have a home PC at this stage.
>>
>> Plenty I know don’t use them much at all anymore.
>>
>>> I guess they are wanting to hang on to that market for as long as 
>>> possible.
>>
>> MS has noticed that they never did get that many upgrading
>> and that almost all of their sales was with new hardware.
>>
>>> Linux on the desktop is effectively dead
>>
>> Nope, just a microscopic share of the desktop market.
>>
>>> and is of no consequence.
>>
>> It is what runs on the absolute vast bulk of
>> tablets and smartphones and even Macs now.

> most phones use android

Which runs on a variation of linux.

>>>>> except maybe large commercial organizations or corporations. 
>>>>> goverments?
>>
>>>> Quite a few of the more rabid fanatics do use linux now.
>>
>>> Hardly anyone uses Linux on the desktop now and never really did.
>>
>> Yes, but that is because few use desktops anymore.
>>
>>>>>>> It's unpreceedented for M$ to give away an operating system.
>>
>>>>>> Its unprecedented for all their competition to do that too.
>>
>>>>>>> what's the catch?
>>
>>>>>> There is no catch.
>>
>>>>> but we're talking about M$ :)
>>
>>>> They don’t get to have any catch now that all
>>>> their competition is giving upgrades away now.
>>
>>>> MS has just decided to go with the flow and only get any money
>>>> for the OS that comes with the new hardware people buy
>>
>>> Well, I'm still going to wait for user feedback before installing just 
>>> the same.
>>
>> Sure, no reason not to, there isn't any dramatic advantage with it.

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