Re: Windows 10

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Windows 10
Date	2015-06-03 15:22 +1000
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"felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message 
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> 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.

> except maybe large commercial organizations or corporations. goverments?

Quite a few of the more rabid fanatics do use linux now.

>>> 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

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