[Enlightened1]

Microsoft made a good move here, but need to make it free for every Microsoft User like Apple and Amazon do and not just the 16 million Windows 8 users. Well as long as your hardware can run it.

[adorno]

...but need to make it free for every Microsoft User like Apple and Amazon do and not just the 16 million Windows 8 users

First off, OSX is not free, and Apple's prices for every device are so high that, the OS can be included with the devices. Microsoft does not make the devices from which it can charge a higher price which would include the OS, other than the Surface tablets. For devices smaller than 9 inches, the OS from Microsoft is already free (aka: included, a la Apple). Apple's OS is really a component of the entire device, and none of Apple's OSes are sold separately, like the Windows OS.

Secondly, the number of MS users on Windows 8 is way over 200 million, and likely closer to 300 million by now; not the 16 million you quote.