With Free Version of Windows, Microsoft Gives In to the Google Way

Re:With Free Version of Windows, Microsoft Gives In to the G... by rando289 on Monday March 03, 2014 @11:28PM (#7338458)

Windows for many years has given out hundreds of millions of copies for free by intentionally limiting the strength of their DRM and licensing enforcement. This makes perfect competitive sense.

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Re:With Free Version of Windows, Microsoft Gives In to the G... by panabee on Monday March 03, 2014 @11:40PM (#7338501)

I believe they recognized piracy was actually an early form of the freemium model. Rather than forcing every consumer to pay up, they concentrated for many years on extracting money from users with deep pockets -- i.e., enterprises and OEM partners.

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Re:With Free Version of Windows, Microsoft Gives In to the G... by rando289 on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @02:20AM (#7338952)

Yes, thats basically what I meant to say.

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