Windows 10: Some Still Get It Wrong: Windows 10 Won’t Launch as a 1-Year Trial

All they may loose is one year on upgrades only, They'll make plenty of money on new installations now and a year later when upgrade offer expires. Before, there was usually heavy discount for upgrades so in essence, they will not loose much and will ensure acceptance better than with W8 anyway. Calculate less for advertising and less taxes in all of that and MS won't loose as much as one might believe.

 

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/i...d-f505f0dbe05c

Maybe this will help

 

MS is trying to borrow a chapter out of Apple osx book, free OS. Apple has hardware to sell and software to work with their devices. In MS cases it is only software baring few devices. Disclaimer :I do not work for MS, I am not here to solve the corporate problems. Yet just to express my personal opinions.

 

It would be nice if somebody working for MS and wielding any clout would join us at this forum.

 

You do not buy Gabe Aul's Tweet?

 

Not for a penny !!! Just keeps introducing more confusion.

 

Well he does work for MS. If you do not believe him send him a tweet. I have read what he tweeted at multiple sites, and if you cannot trust him then who can you trust about this?

 

Hope he gets payed good but getting straight answers seems like pulling teeth.

 

Well if in fact he is tweeting false info then I would loose all confidence in MS. I would not upgrade and more than likely start using Linux again. I guess his Tweets are a tad vague .

 

He's not tweeting false info, he's tweeting incomplete answers to questions. Rather than writing a book about all the caveat's, he just says "yes" or something equally terse. That's what Tweets are, terse.

 

He could explain better with further tweets instead of leaving it up in the air. That where the confusion is coming from and I am not alone in this, just read some of the conversions tweets he didn't respond to. A few were rude but most tweets in the conversation brought up valid concerns.

 

I'm sure his job does not consist solely of answering tweets. My guess is that he doesn't have much time for this, which is why he seldom says anything.

 

yes I guess you are right about this. He must be a busy person.

 

MS would do well to dedicate a person in the know just for such relations with general public. A little knowledge can lead to big confusion and that's what is happening right now as far as I can see.
On the other hand, MS didn't write anything in the stone yet and there might not be clear answer to those kinds of questions yet although I wish they had made my mind already.

 

As an ex-platoon sergeant, that's how I like my answers: "Yes", "No", or "I don't know"*Smile. To me anything else can be read into, and that's where misunderstanding really starts.