Windows as subscription software
From Reuters: Microsoft on Track to Offer Anti-Virus Software
You heard it here first (actually, this has probably been predicted by thousands before me): Microsoft will use anti-virus software to effectively charge a subscription fee for Windows. Microsoft is finding it harder and harder to sell new OS licenses, PCs are near saturation and upgrade cycles are lengthening, a subscription fee for Windows makes lots of sense. Eventually I expect Microsoft will bundle the first year of anti-virus service with the OS license and then get people on the $30 per year plan after that.
Of course, anti-spam comes next but that is probably a couple years off.
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Windows is a horribly insecure and unstable operating system and I thought everyone knew that by now. Also, there aren't any active viruses for Linux and writing a virus that will do a lot of damage on a Linux system is very difficult. That is why virus writers focus on Windows OS's - it's actually quite easy to trash a Windows OS. I have been using Linux for years and I don't even have an anti-virus app installed. I have also never gotten a virus or trojan or worm on any of my systems. If you want a more secure and more stable operating system that is also totally free, install Linux. You can go to Distrowatch (http://distrowatch.com/index.php) and read about the different Linux distributions, most of which are free to download, free to install, and free to keep as long as you want without any "registration" or "activation". But, at any rate, get off of Windows operating systems. They're awful compared to the fast, stable, secure and free Linux operating system. When you install Linux, you will find that it is easy to use and you'll never have to pay another penny for software applications for Linux.
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