Microsoft is going to be pushing windows towards a subscription based model with Microsoft Blue in the coming years. Apparently this is to provide a "more steady stream of updates to the consumer" when it more clearly appears to be a money grab considering windows XP had more than a decade of active support for the price of the initial purchase
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/28/3...pdate-low-cost
What is even more concerning is that windows 8 will be dropped shortly.
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Microsoft will stop accepting apps that are built specifically for Windows 8, pushing developers to create apps for Blue
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Since Windows Blue will be released mid-2013, Windows 8 seems to be DOA much like Windows phone 7 will be. This really doesn't help the growing perception that Microsoft is doomed as per article below. Good jobs running the company further and further into the ground Steve Ballmer.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonyk...trophe-theory/