Just like the phone needs a google account, the computer might end up needing a microsoft account. That does not make it *my* account nor require that *I* use it. Like the phone, it will simply be to keep the computer in minimal happiness. You are right though, and it would be nice it stayed a stand-alone OS. It might end up being the stray that drives more people to an alternate OS. Or maybe not. i Things have required apple accounts for decades -- but then again -- I would not expect anything different from the iThing crowd.
-----Original Message----- From: Nick Hilliard [mailto:nick@foobar.org] Sent: Saturday, 1 August, 2015 06:05 To: Keith Medcalf; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Windows 10 Release
On 01/08/2015 03:27, Keith Medcalf wrote:
It just means that you cannot use the crappy apps or the crappy app store.
which is fine until Microsoft ties in future software upgrades to the app store and you find that you can't upgrade without tying yourself into a Microsoft account.
E.g. just like they did with the Windows 8.0 to 8.1 upgrade.
Nick