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by John W. Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Free Windows 10 Upgrade Not for Everybody

May 20, 2015

Back in January, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8.1 users. In March, Windows chief Terry Myerson reportedly said that the free upgrade would even apply to users running pirated versions of Windows. Since then, there has been a lot of sputtering and posturing about what that really means. Now we know. I guess it was a “just kidding” moment for Myerson. There will be no free upgrade for pirated copies of Windows. Apparently, Microsoft will announce some very attractive upgrade pricing that will even entice the pirates to get legal. Sure they will. I still predict that if you’re running a pirated version of Windows 7 or 8.1 the pirated version of Windows 10 will be just as cheap.

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