Microsoft this summer will distribute Windows 10 to anyone running Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows Phone 8.1, regardless of whether the existing OS is a genuine or pirated copy. Terry Myerson, head of Microsoft’s operating systems unit, disclosed the marketing strategy last week at the WinHEC summit in Shenzhen, China.
Microsoft previously announced that it would upgrade users to Windows 10 for free for the first year following its release. Some 74 percent of all commercial software used in China is pirated, according to BSA.
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Microsoft's Novel Windows 10 Antipiracy Plan
Posted by: Jack M. Germain March 23, 2015 02:25 PMMicrosoft this summer will distribute Windows 10 to anyone running Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows Phone 8.1, regardless of whether the existing OS is a genuine or pirated copy. Terry Myerson, head of Microsoft’s operating systems unit, disclosed the marketing strategy last week at the WinHEC summit in Shenzhen, China.
Microsoft previously announced that it would upgrade users to Windows 10 for free for the first year following its release. Some 74 percent of all commercial software used in China is pirated, according to BSA.