Well, I don't see any features of Windows that make it inherently not-free. So what's the catch here? I think people who are selling Windows believe they can milk that cow for some time, still.

During that time they can push on the software development tools/environment; and frankly they have always been better at that. Business logic is better done by business people and no matter how hard an average software developer is going to push against that - that's the truth.

Who do you think is going to acquire AirTable or alike? I could see Microsoft being incredibly interested in that opportunity.