What the actual fuck is this shit. Discuss http://www.forbes

>>55583079
Enterprise has ALWAYS paid yearly/long term bulk licenses rather than individual licenses you moron.

>>55583187
Seems they're now they're paying monthly

>>55583187
No shit you fucking stupid cunt
See this>>55583212
And they are planning to do this to consumers eventually.

>>55583212
Cheaper for smaller corporations so they don't have to pay lump sums. More stable income for MS. Somehow I doubt they'll get rid of older licensing method and keep both.

>>55583230
No they aren't you illiterate fucking retard.

>>55583079
>paying for OS

it's like /g/ turned into the special Olympics of tech.

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>>55583230
Fuck off you drooling moron.

>>55583079
>le windows 10 is the last version of windows meme
Wow these fuckers are spreading misinformation.
Microsoft themselves will stop Windows 10 mainstream support in 2020, and will stop supporting it altogether in 2025, just like how it is with all versions of Windows
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet
I cannot believe these retards did not fact check or corroborate their article. Fucking idiots.

>>55583256
>at this stage

>>55583230
>Microsoft COULD charge $10,000 per day to use Windows, that means they WILL!

This is how retarded you sound.

>>55583288
>article author's words

Are you fucking retarded?

>>55583314
Am I retarded for thinking Microsoft plans to fuck everyone's over just like it did time and time again? Hmm!

>>55583326
Thanks for confirming my question.

>>55583344
No problem pal.

>>55583079
what will happen to my pirated Enterprise LTSB N?
will I have to block all updates to prevent it from turning into money-grabbing system?

>>55583326
Just like they fucked everyone over with Office 365 and then released the standalone Office 2013 and Office 2016 right?

>FUK M$!!! deyr evul!! Dx

Go shill your FUD article somewhere else.

>>55583411
No, like they fucked everyone over for multiple decades creating and abusing their desktop monopoly that still continues to cause damage.

>>55583420
ok kid

>>55583079

Kek, is that why they were trying to force install this on everyone

>MS tells me my Win 10 requires monthly fee
>okay
>reinstall Win 7
>no fee
wow it's fucking nothing

>>55583373
They're going to offer the new sub model for smaller corporations that would benefit from subs rather than lump sum license agreements. So both will exist and existing licenses will remain unchanged, basically exactly the same as Office365/2013.

The full info is here without the hysteria clickbait article:
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/07/12/announcing-new-subscription-options-for-windows-10-and-surface-for-businesses/

>Windows 10 Enterprise continues to be available through our regular licensing programs and is part of our newly-announced suites Secure Productive Enterprise E3 and E5 launching later this year.

>>55583079
The Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display doesn't have this problem.

>>55583232
>Somehow I doubt they'll get rid of older licensing method and keep both.

They will just stop support or older licenses as time goes

>>55583458
Yes to sucker punch them with this shit

>>55583468
>>55583467
Well shilled Rajeesh!

>>55583464
oh, it's okay then
thanks

>>55583243
we have dedicated hourly audiofile threads.. yea this is a tard convention.

>>55583464
/thread

How did Forbes go from being a respected business magazine to publishing clickbait all the time on their site?

Like anytime I search anything, from vidya to some other niche shit somehow Forbes has made it's way top of results on Google with poorly written clickbait shit.

ITT: /g/ can't read articles

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>>55583464
So basically:
>windows enterprise has new sub model
>in addition to regular enterprise licensing
>some new surface licensing
>hololens wankery

Forbes:
>focus entirely on windows having a sub model
>MS rep confirms it's only for enterprise
>author writes entire 90% rest of article on how bad it could possibly be for consumers

It would appear that Microsoft is committing suicide.

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>>55583526
It's mostly just a handful of kids memeing hard about their "arch nemesis" and interpreting everything as bad as possible and making up intentions in their deluded fantasy world to justify their rage. They literally said the same thing about Office 365.

>>55583582
>people who dislike Microsoft are kids
>adults of course have forgiven decades of abuse and are spreading their buttocks for new doses of Microsoft

>>55583603
ok kid

>>55583603
Keep calm and take your Ritalin.

>>55583619
That does not make your argument any stronger.

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>Microsoft
>Competent

>>55583464

That's actually fucking great for small businesses, the Volume Licensing Service is a god damn nightmare for them.

>>55583626
You have no argument besides memeing hard.

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>>55583629
>rabid M$ hater runs out of arguments
>starts dumping his "i HAET M$!!" folder
y u mad tho?

>>55583631
Decades of monopoly abuse by MS are a fact. A natural reaction to every new development from Microsoft should be skepticism, not acceptance.

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>>55583643

>>55583649
It's not even a new development. It's literally the Office Sub/Full model brought to Windows.

>>55583661
Of course it is.

>>55583666
ok kid

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>>55583649
Show me on the Thinkpad where Uncle Bill touched you.

>>55583690
Doesn't help your argument.

>>55583694
I don't need to further reinforce my facts when you have no argument at all.

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>>55583690

>>55583707
>Decades of monopoly abuse by MS are a fact. A natural reaction to every new development from Microsoft should be skepticism, not acceptance.
You're yet to challenge this. All you've posted so far are weak attempts at personal insults.

>>55583079
>>55583230
nice FUD thread you fucking imbecile

>>55583720
I don't need to challenge your delusions.

If I remember correctly, when Microsoft was rolling out those free Windows 10 upgrades, they were telling people it was a lifetime license, and that those particular computers would not need to pay for subscriptions when they were rolled out.

That said, I personally don't care, and am quite glad I switched back to Linux.

>>55583728
My "delusions" are publicly acknowledged and well documented.
Here's one from ECIS for you: http://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepaper.pdf

>>55583770
ok kid

>>55583690
Top kekkles

I DON'T CARE ONE WORD VIDEO GAMES

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>it's an anti windows FUD thread

>the people posting this FUD probably have netflix, spotify or 4chan subscriptions

>windows should be free while everything else isn't because muh communism and muh loonix

>enterprise always paid subscriptions

>>55584334
>crooked company convicted by international courts many times
>"FUD"

>>55583079
>what in the actual fuck is this shit?
Clickbait.

>>55583411
They threw away their original business model, so it's either going to be subscriptions or ads.

>>55583232
>Cheaper for smaller corporations so they don't have to pay lump sums.

Also, easier for larger corporations to write off continuously.

>>55583230
yeah, pretty much

anyone who thinks otherwise is just delusional/in denial

they'll go on to claim they totally expected it and are fine with paying a monthly fee to use the OS come this time next year

>>55583420
They had a monopoly on Linux being crap and communism being a failure.

>>55584446
I am, at this very moment, training a character-level LSTM network that determines how much sense a sentence makes. Your post is getting an extremely low score.

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>>55584411
Fuck off moron.

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>>55584438
>samefagging this hard after you got BTFO

>>55584550
If you had 4chanx installed you'd know that it's a different person joining the discussion.

You're still to respond to >>55583770, by the way.

>>55584429
This. Smaller monthly payments frees up cashflow for more urgent needs.

>>55583079
• Enterprise only
• This 'subscription service' started in 2014. This is not even new.
• It is in addition to the perpetual license purchase option.

>>55584539
Are you implying the free upgrade push was a Microsoft charity, even though it destroys their main business model?

It's more likely people are going to have to pay after a year of free windows.

Or ads.

>>55584642
>even though it destroys their main business model?
This is how we know you're fucking retarded. People who actually bought upgrades rather than an entire new PC are in the fractions of fractions of percentages.

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>>55584642
>rabid M$ hater still raving on b-b-b-but they COULD!!!!111
>M$!!!!!!
>i said M$!!! with a dollar sign OMG DON'T U GET IT?!?!?!

>>55584696
You're the only one using dollar signs; while ignoring posts with actual valid criticism towards MS.

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>>55584711
>your delusional rage induced hallucinations
>valid criticism

>>55584677
They're going to need to compensate the $100 per home users they gave a free upgrade to make the free upgrade a viable thing to do for them. Please tell me how they're going to do this.

>>55584724
Here: >>55583770

>>55583079
fuck your forbes link faggot,i cant open it with adblocker(even when disabled)

>>55584748
>wanting to read clickbait

Just read the actual source. >>55583464

>>55583079
Fuck Microsoft, worst company in tech by far, Google is x1000 times better than Microsoft and that's saying something, Google is for globalisation. Install GNU, a reliable Operating System that won't give you this shit

>>55584784
>>55583079
Well shilled.

But you still haven't answered the most important question: >>55583690

>>55584784
>Google is x1000 times better than Microsoft

No it isn't.

Google already has a ton of subscription services.

>>55584798
nigger just because Bill Gates uses a reliable laptop doesn't mean it is to be abandon, I mean shit, Bill Gates isn't as bad as he was as a person before.

>>55584805
See, Google atleast makes FOSS stuff, Android is a ****decent**** creation as it is mostly FOSS but they still dominate shit with Google Play and other evil shit and do evil surveillance, but atleast they haven't done what Microsoft has done.

>>55583079
>enterprise only
Nice FUD you mouthbreathing freetard

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>>55583079
>Enterprise Only

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>>55583079

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>>55583710
what is this

>>55584784
>Google is x1000 times better than Microsoft
Uhh
>Google is advanced evil
>Google is advanced stupid

Anyways thread topic wise who cares if MS charges money for business use? I've yet to see a company that doesn't charge for support at the least for enterprise or business in general. Will MS eventually charge consumers a sub fee eventually? Sure, why not as the micro transaction/subscription model is still alive and kicking. We'll see what happens when the time comes. I've already stayed on Win7/Ubuntu anyways since I dislike Win8/10 more than I did Vista. Waited for Win7 SP1 before I bothered to switch. XP x64 was actually fast as fuck but lacked drivers. Oh well.

>>55583079
Well, I bought my copy of Windows 10 so if they start charging me for it I will legitimately have something to complain about.

>>55586612
Doubt they're going to charge you again on purpose. I'd bet they'll do something to keep consumer versions free or mostly free to combat piracy. The hook will be transactions like any other these days for games or mobile apps.