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Microsoft Announces Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the Next Free Major Update To Its Desktop OS (venturebeat.com)
Microsoft today revealed that the next free Windows 10 update is called the Windows 10 October 2018 Update ... and it will arrive in that month. From a report: For those keeping track, this is Windows 10 version 1809. Although the company had not announced this update before today, Windows Insiders have been getting builds from Windows 10's RS5 branch since February. Windows 10 October 2018 Update includes a dark theme for File Explorer, a new snipping experience, a cloud-powered clipboard, support for extended line endings in Notepad, integration with the Your Phone app, new web sign-in and fast sign-in features, a mixed reality flashlight feature, SwiftKey in the touch keyboard, and many other improvements. The highly anticipated Sets feature did not make the cut. Windows 10 is being developed as a service, meaning it receives new features on a regular basis. Microsoft has released five major updates so far: November Update, Anniversary Update, Creators Update, Fall Creators Update, and April 2018 Update.
You will be surprised how many business users use Snipping Tool. I mean, would I buy an entire OS just for that? No. Will I welcome some improvements? Yes, yes I will. And proper line ending support in Notepad is a godsend.
Aren't all Windows updates free? Why did they go out of their way to call this one "free"? Are future updates not going to be free?
(I'm a Linux user, in an all-Linux household, so I admit I could be mistaken/ignorant.)
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Microsoft has one highly functional business model, which is selling new operating systems with new computers.
If you do not upgrade your computer, they do not sell more product. Most people have not been upgrading because our desktop/laptop tech is stable enough and fast enough that you can keep your iron for a decade.
Solution: force everyone to switch to Windows 10, add crap to it until it runs as slowly as Congress, then watch everyone run out to buy new machines because the old ones are unusable at their vermicular speeds.
Alternative Right.
A little over a year ago, Microsoft announced their intentions to charge a monthly fee to retain your access to use the OS.
No one really knows when they plan to pull the trigger on that but itâ(TM)s expected to be pushed out with an anniversary update at some point.
Ever since that announcement, all updates are referred to as free. Presumably up until the one switching Win10 over to a subscription model.