‘Why Modular Windows Will Suck for Microsoft and for You’

Ars analyses the concept of a modular Windows, and concludes: “Modularization - and the discriminatory pricing it permits - might appeal to accountants and economists. But it is not good for consumers, not good for Windows, and ultimately, naughty for Microsoft. A modularized

Windows, or worse still, a modularized subscription-based Windows, undermines the purpose and value of the Windows OS. whether it comes to pass it will surely sound the death knell of the entire Windows platform.”

Original post by donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda)

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