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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