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Microsoft Reaches 800 Million Windows 10 Devices (cnbc.com)
Microsoft's Windows 10 is getting bigger. The operating system for desktop PCs, internet-connected devices and other systems is now running on more than 800 million devices. From a report: The total is up from 700 million as of September last year, and it suggests that the newest rendition of Windows could now be the most widely deployed version of Windows, ahead of Windows 7 and other versions. Although Microsoft -- the most valuable publicly traded company in the world -- has shifted to focus more on cloud and third-party platforms under CEO Satya Nadella, Windows is still a key element of the company, contributing almost 15 percent of total revenue in the fourth quarter. It's also a notable contributor of operating income, as former CEO Steve Ballmer pointed out last year.
Shouldn't it say Microsoft Windows compromises 800 million devices? :-D
I retired my last Windows 7 laptop. No more. Not for everybody, but I'm quite content being Windows free (at home).
"How did they get so many installs?" Unwitting 7 users stepped away from their computers during Windows Updates. Those not fooled by round 1 got it again every month on Tuesday for half a year. Old people are easy to trick!
Probably. But there are far too many people with Stockholm Syndrome where Windows is concerned.
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
Releasing LTSC to the general public would be the right thing to do. Not releasing it unfortunately is the smart (=money making) thing to do.
The only goal of all the crap going on with Windows 10 is to create a walled garden, like Android/iOS, combined with a Facebook/Google-style surveillance technology, in the hope they can bind their cattle^H^H^H^H^H^Husers and milk them out.