If you haven\u2019t heard the news recently, apparently for Microsoft\u2019s next operating system they will be offering it as a free upgrade for anyone that uses Windows 7 and up.\u00a0 Not only that, recently it was announces that people who have illegitimate copies of the operating system can upgrade to a legitimate copy as well for free.\u00a0 Yes, that is not a typo.<\/p>\n
It made me wonder what the business model behind this was as that seems like an extremely bold step to take.\u00a0 It\u2019s almost like a movie or music company offering everyone who owns an illegal copy of its products to get legitimate versions for free.\u00a0 The only thing I could really think about is that they are aggressively trying to get everyone to use the same platform where they could then maybe use things like user data to make money.\u00a0 At the same time, maybe they have a plan to try and compete in the mobile space more and this gives them the chance to get bigger market share.\u00a0 With all the money reserves this company has too it\u2019s probably not going to hurt them much.<\/p>\n
I am still a little concerned about this upgrade in general as usually new operating systems don\u2019t have a clean roll out in the beginning where many of your programs can of a sudden be incompatible.\u00a0 Either way, giving people who steal your products the opportunity to get a genuine copy of it for free is extremely interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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