Rumor: Windows 10 to become a cloud based OS

myce ^ | 9/2/13

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Not only will the technologies change but the business models will change right along with them. This has *always* been true. we don’t really know where the technology is going to end up (OK, cloud you say but is this really a full description?) so I’m pretty sure we don’t yet know what business models will emerge.

Having said all of that - M$ stopped being relevant about the time Gates left. OK, OK, they still do some business related to MS Exchange and some more business related to servers and AD but they’re basically coasting on past success here. I think the smart people have mostly left M$ and the ones left are probably tied up in knots by the suits and the bean counters.

What I’m saying is that I do not know what the computing landscape looks like 10 years out or even 5 years out but I do think that M$ will continue it’s well established slide into irrelevancy as far as setting the future course. To the extent that they continue to sell product it will be a pure inertia play. My $.02.

[a fool in paradise]

Let’s have a subscription based operating system. Like cable or satellite TV. Like satellite radio. Suckers will pay up each month.

Adobe is going to monthly subscription plans for Photoshop et al. Never did like their software to begin with. I see no reason to start paying nickels and dimes every month NOW.

[GeronL]

There are free alternatives aren’t there? Even the older versions of Photoshop will do 99% of the things it’ll do. Why pay more for that?

[a fool in paradise]

I prefer Paint Shop Pro. Does all I need. Pay once and done. Much more intuitive as well.

[GeronL]

There already are cloud-based Operating systems

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/solaris/solaris11/overview/index.html