[geeks] [rescue] VirtualBox anecdotes - was Re: A wee bit off-topic

[Lionel Peterson]

You can disagree all you want, but if I build my own PC (no MS tax), go
online, join the 'insiders program' and download the technical preview of Win
10 now, once released that software will be updated to the released version
and I am able to do fresh re-installs from release media.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/20/8818383/microsoft-windows-10-free-for-teste
rs

Yes, you can argue that your Win7 purchase 5+ years ago amounts to 'paying a
windows tax' to qualify for free upgrade, but the above describes how to get
Win10 for free without ever having to pay a windows tax.

Lionel

On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:56 AM, Dan Sikorski <me at dansikorski.com> wrote:

>> And going forward, MS announced that anyone that evaluates a Windows 10
> before
>> release will get a free permanent license for windows 10 for the machine
> the
>> evaluation was run on when it is released later this summer. The so-called
>> 'Microsoft Tax' is going away.
>>
>> http://m.slashdot.org/story/295719
>
> I fully disagree with the above statement.  Windows 10 is being provided as
a
> free *update* to users who have *already purchased* a previous version of
> Windows.  the bMicrosoft Taxb has already been paid, and they will
> continue to sell a large number of windows licenses to OEMs.