Windows 9 Needs to Be Free: 10 Reasons Why
Found on eWEEK on Tuesday, 14 January 2014
According to WinSuperSite's Paul Thurrott, the operating system, currently code-named "Threshold," predictably will be called Windows 9.
If it launches on time, Microsoft should make a very un-Microsoft move that will shock some, excite others and potentially cause panic among its investors: turn Windows free. The time has come for Microsoft to stop licensing the software to OEMs and finally offer it at no charge to its PC partners and consumers.
Could it be that MS realizes that Linux has reached a point where even common users consider it a good alternative? Windows is continously going downhill. Years ago, it was fine for desktops since it didn't annoy the users. These days, it looks like MS wants to annoy you more and more with its OS.