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Submission + - Microsoft reportedly plans to offer a free version of Windows 8.1 (ndtv.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 03, 2014 @09:31PM

An anonymous reader writes: According to reports, to Microsoft plans to announce a free version of Windows 8.1 in a bid to persuade customers to upgrade to the latest version.

Reports claim the new version, called 'Windows 8.1 with Bing', could be given away at a developers' conference in April, a version that would have key Microsoft apps and services.

According to media reports, "Microsoft is currently experimenting with a free version of Windows 8.1 that could boost the number of people using the operating system."

Comment Re:Not true! (Score 5, Informative) 380

by dmforcier on Tuesday March 30, 2010 @08:59PM (#31680720) Attached to: Novell Wins vs. SCO

The Linux claims are skinny in the Novell case, but they are still alive. Part of Novell's case was that even if SCO owned the copyrights they're still forbidden to sue over them since SCO is contractually prevented from doing so by membership in the UnitedLinux consortium.

Judge Kimball split that bit off from the rest of the case since by the contract the matter is subject to arbitration. The arbitration was stayed by the Bankruptcy Court (it had been scheduled to run in parallel with the jury trial in Utah), but can now go forward.

In fact, the stuff of most interest to Linux users is still to come! The bulk of Novell was about copyrights and SCO-as-fiduciary. Without evidence of infringement, these are directly of interest to Linux users. But the GPL is about to get a hearing. That is of considerable interest!

Comment Nah, not Darl. But there will be noise! (Score 1) 380

by dmforcier on Tuesday March 30, 2010 @08:48PM (#31680606) Attached to: Novell Wins vs. SCO

Darl is no longer associated with SCO, and he has no axe to grind: his options are worthless and have been for a while.

OTOH, there is the invisible Ralph Yarro, majority stockholder and now priority creditor. And there is also Judge Cahn, the Trustee appointed by the bankruptcy court. Yarro has supplied cash, and Cahn seems to have drunk the kool-aid.

Immediately after the verdict, Cahn announced that SCO will go forward with the IBM case. SCO may not have standing to sue for infringement, but they do have contract claims.

And then there's the UnitedLinux arbiration....

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