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[quote][i]Originally posted by Dom[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by evilrob[/i] **snip**[/quote] Firstly i didn't realise Microsoft took a 30% cut, rather i had always thought it was lower than that, hence the confusion - my bad. Secondly, your whole point is essentially the risk equivalent of sticking the companies worth on 'red' and boils down to the assumption that because the OS suddenly becomes free (to consumers; i imagine MS would keep business licensing the same), users habits suddenly change to purchasing Microsoft services, products (via the app store) - i just don't see this happening. The more probable outcome of Microsoft offering their OS for free would be that users habits would stay exactly the same and they'll continue to use other (better) services and products, and/or continue to pirate, that they're already accustomed to. On top of that, the pick-up of other services/products/revenue streams for Microsoft to be able to cover the shortfall of losing the OS revenue would have to be truly humongous. And what happens in the event that Microsoft doesn't get the punters? Would they revert back to charging for the OS? Thirdly, the 'develop once, deploy across multiple device and architectures' is a nice idea but realistically it only suits a niche market of applications, like indie and game developers - it doesn't help the big packages/suites what so ever as they'll still be re-designing and optimising for the various devices/platforms (WP, RT, x86). To be honest, i think we'll see Microsoft moving Windows to a subscription based service similar to what Adobe does with their packages. [quote][i]Originally posted by DaveyLC[/i] ...an Apple computer is worthless without the OS..[/quote] Considering it's just x86 hardware, you can run Windows and various *nix distros without much issue - so i wouldn't say Apple computer hardware is worthless. [quote][i]Originally posted by DaveyLC[/i] ....its also even harder to run OSX on a non apple device..[/quote] Granted, OSX doesn't play nicely with every bit of x86 hardware but if you select the right components then it's generally straight forward to install; certainly when i did it a few years back i just bunged in the bootloader and installed OSX - no Kernel panics or other issues (other than various bits of audio hardware and controllers which i knew would be problematic from the get-go). [/quote]
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