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Evidence mounting: Windows 7 going modular, subscription | |
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| Time: 01:21 EST/06:21 GMT | News Source: Ars Technica | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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When Windows 7 launches sometime after the start of 2010, the desktop OS will be Microsoft's most "modular" yet. Having never really been comfortable with the idea of a single, monolithic desktop OS offering, Microsoft has offered multiple desktop OSes in the marketplace ever since the days of Windows NT 3.1, with completely different code bases until they were unified in Windows 2000. Unification isn't necessarily a good thing, however; Windows Vista is a sprawling, complex OS. A singular yet highly modular OS could give Microsoft the best of all possible worlds: OSes that can be highly customized for deployment but developed monolithically. One modular OS to rule them all, let's say. | ||
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| #1 By 49656 (72.197.174.24) at 3/25/2008 11:44:45 AM |
| I said it back when WGA first hit. They are testing the waters for a subscription based OS. And want to see how efficiently they can manage turning parts on or off if you let your subscription lapse. Paying them once isnt enough for them anymore. Theyre gonna want a piece of your wallet every month. And you just know it will be way more expensive than buying an OS outright, in the long run. Im sure it just kills them that people still want to use their old XP or 2000 that they bought years ago. I think thats too long of a life for their liking. |
| #2 By 3653 (65.80.181.153) at 3/25/2008 1:37:20 PM |
| Ecat, assuming you aren't a windows operating system RETAIL customer... then you ALREADY are on a subscription plan. It just so happens that the subscription includes a new pc. |
| #3 By 28801 (71.58.231.46) at 3/25/2008 6:07:56 PM |
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Or, you can buy what you want. Kinda like it is now but with more granularity.
1. Base OS $99.99 2. Media Center $79.99 3. Domain support $19.99 4. Web Server $29.99 5. Ultimate Extras $399.99 |
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