Microsoft Inc. announced yesterday that it will give away its new Windows 10 OS users with previous versions of the program that drives most computers in the world.
Terry Myerson, Windows Development Manager, confirmed the plan at a press conference in which skills Windows 10 for consumers were.
Myerson reported that users of Windows 7 and Windows 8 can upgrade their computers with Windows 10 in the first year after the official launch planned this 2015.
In addition, the company will extend the same offer to users of Windows Phone 8.1, its latest OS version for tablets and phones.
The offering aims to reduce the fragmentation of versions of the system in the world.
When you give it away, Microsoft expects hundreds of millions of users to install quickly.
In this way, dogs make life easier for developers software by providing a wider audience with the same version. Different versions require creating applications for each.
A simple upgrade could drive adoption of the program, rather than forcing users to deal with different versions of Windows and different prices for the update.
For trouble. Microsoft supports a strong pressure for its difficulty to entice developers of popular programs that have been the mobile universe dominated Apple and Google.
With its decision to refrain from charging, Microsoft also mimics Apple, which has been very effective achieving high adoption rates among owners of their computers, those who do usually keep your operating system updated with the latest version.
In his meeting with the press, it was also reported that Windows 10 includes a version of Cortana, personal voice assistant previously was only available for Windows Phone.
In addition, a new Internet browser, which will replace the Internet Explorer will be introduced. The browser name is still kept secret and for now only known as Spartan Project.
The new browser will have the ability to annotate web pages and share them with others. This works both with touch devices such as those of a keyboard and mouse.
Also include a list of reading and reading in a special way, similar to Apple and applications like Pocket or Instapaper. Also possess integrated PDF documents support
Apart from these ads, Myerson shared with the public the future vision of Microsoft on Windows. Basically be like a service, not just a system OS.
One of the main commitments of the company with this release is to keep users updated their devices.
This suggests constant updates of new versions of Windows to maintain freshness. Myerson noted that this would allow software developers take aim at a lot of Windows-based applications 10 when make new appliances.
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