Windows 10 will be free for software pirates

[singenaadam]

Interesting move. They did it in UK some time back.

Wonder if this applies to all illegal copies or, only the Chinks?!

http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-10-launches-this-summer-targets-current-pirates-with-free-update/

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/18/8241023/windows-10-free-for-software-pirates

 

[Mr.J]

Chinks? No need to be racist.

 

[cellar_door]

Free for everyone, not just China. MS clarified it.

Pretty huge news TBH.

 

[ronnie_gogs]

Wow talk about being completely racist... I have too many Chinese friends who would find this very offensive..

 

[soggy316]

anyone else getting a Red(mond) wedding vibe from this?

 

[Soyab0007]

This is great news

 

[paraman]

Not so fast..

Unfortunately, the company had scaled back a bit on its plans saying that the free upgrade, though available, won’t actually change the license state of a user’s OS. In plain speak this means that if you were running a pirated copy of Windows, you’ll still be running a pirated copy even after upgrading to Windows 10.

http://www.neowin.net/news/upgrading-to-windows-10-on-pirated-versions-wont-get-you-a-valid-license

When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

 

[prasadldba]

they are going to charge every month subscription.

 

[iPwnz]

All hail piracy!
Anyway even if you guys want to buy the legit copy don't do it asap. I'd suggest to wait for a while to get more info on bugs and other problems and their fixes.

ps: mods please don't delete this post/ban me.