Microsoft's plan for Windows 10 world domination
It's now apparent that Microsoft's plan last year for promoting Windows 10 on PCs had less to do with the single decision to give away upgrades than with a radical scheme to boost adoption.
It's now apparent that Microsoft's plan last year for promoting Windows 10 on PCs had less to do with the single decision to give away upgrades than with a radical scheme to boost adoption.
Microsoft's guidelines are clear cut, and presumably designed to make it easier for everyone to figure out exactly what the company's doing with Windows 10. Upgrades and updates are not the same thing.
Windows 10 adoption is already significantly behind the uptake pace set by its predecessor, 2013’s Windows 8.1, during its first three months, according to an analysis of OS user share.
Microsoft will soon kick off a faster update and upgrade cadence for System Center Configuration Manager, the cornerstone of the company's enterprise-grade System Center device management suite.
Rumors are swirling that this build may be the RTM version, but we're not quite there yet
The second and more sustained wave of week-over-week gains began on Oct. 11, peaked on Oct. 22-23 and doesn't appear to have bottomed yet.
When will Microsoft release the first major update to Windows 10? No one outside the company knows for sure, but Windows 10's life so far offers clues.
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Microsoft has backed off the claim that its pre-loading of Windows 10 on devices whose owners had not reserved the free upgrade was "an industry practice."
The free upgrade to Windows 10 initially kick-started usage of the new OS, but within a month of its release, gains fell below the threshold set by Windows 7 six years ago.
A growing portion of Windows 10 users last month ran the new Edge browser, according to one analytics firm. But another metrics vendor claimed the opposite, saying Edge usage had slipped. Both could be right.
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Microsoft's latest fix holds some surprises under the hood -- and could make us rethink the company's plans for updates and release schedules