[[So no. If not now, eventually all m/s s/w will be. And with 10 you won’t be able to refuse updates.]]
Exactly, they watched Adobe screw their loyal customers by switching to a subscription based program, and watched as there was not a significant protest to it- so Microsoft are now emboldened to do the same to their customers- knowing full well that people will be forced into it as more and more websites won’t work with windows 7 and ie 11 etc- They know there is no real alternatives- Linux is a bear to get windows programs working with it, and it acts a lot like windows 95 with constant blue screens of death, faults etc- no thanks-
Not to be crude- but MS has everyone by the crotch with windows 10
I thought on unix machines they would set up and run a virtual windows box and it runs fine in there.
It is the way large s/w places are koving. They want a perpetual revenue model for things already paid for, how they can eek out more and force customers to continue to pay for an already purchased product. As well as forced upgrades whether desired or not.
Its been a longtime goal for the industry. Since not much blowback is occuring other companies are taking note people will accept it.