Piecing together the Windows as a Service puzzle for Windows 10

Hi there

Subscription won't work

Current versions of pretty well any Linux you care to name can be made to look almost "More Windows than Windows" so any user could easily use it - especially if it was packaged like Android so the user didn't have to do anything with it other than simply use it.

People don't have trouble with Android or Apple phones / tablets so using a simple windows like version of Linux would be a doddle. Ms won't go down the subscription route for the OS as there are too many DECENT alternatives now. A few years ago Linux would have been considered too geeky but these days it can be made really simple on a dedicated desktop if required.

If subscription was REALLY the way to go would Ms Still be offering Office 2016 as a paid product rather than force everybody into Office 365.

For businesses and some educational facilities subscription could be the way to go but for a lot of individuals -- no way.

How many private people LEASE cars these days -- a few but the vast majority don't do it. Businesses on the other hand do make a lot of use on leasing - so it's really TWO different business models Ms need to follow.

Cheers
jimbo

BunnyJ said:

I thought the issue about the "subscription" was cleared up already and there would not be one for Win10. The term service did not mean that MS would charge a subscription for the OS.

Hi there

My confusion -- although "Service" to me implies a PAID offering in some form or other - usually a recurring one for as long as the service contract exists -- is this not then "a subscription" in the same way as monthly payments for ISP's etc. I suppose even paying for utility bills could be classed as a "subscription" although this is not generally classed as one. !!!

Cheers
jimbo

Hi Jimbo, see you are spouting more of that silly stuff called Linux. . .been there done that, not going back regardless what you make the GUI look like. . ., albeit you enjoy, and whenever you are able inject into any Windows or Mac OS suite how great and wonderful Linux is, or . . . :)

Lee said:

Hi Jimbo, see you are spouting more of that silly stuff called Linux. . .been there done that, not going back regardless what you make the GUI look like. . ., albeit you enjoy, and whenever you are able inject into any Windows or Mac OS suite how great and wonderful Linux is, or . . . :)

Hi there.

I LIKE Windows 10 -- I was merely stating that IF W10 were to become subscription only there are other alternatives that people could if they wanted to use instead.

However as has been posted Ms aren't going to make W10 a recurring chargeable feature for the OS. It's still a moot point as to whether "Service updates" will be chargeable. The balance so far seems to be that it won't at least for the foreseeable future.

Cheers
jimbo

jimbo45 said:

Hi there.

I LIKE Windows 10 -- I was merely stating that IF W10 were to become subscription only there are other alternatives that people could if they wanted to use instead.

However as has been posted Ms aren't going to make W10 a recurring chargeable feature for the OS. It's still a moot point as to whether "Service updates" will be chargeable. The balance so far seems to be that it won't at least for the foreseeable future.

Cheers
jimbo

I know you were, just being silly. . .it is that time of the night. . .

BunnyJ said:

I thought the issue about the "subscription" was cleared up already and there would not be one for Win10. The term service did not mean that MS would charge a subscription for the OS.

there not going to be one as I showed in another threat with tweet from Gabe Aul don't know why some people still don't believe