Free Windows?

Charlee Gothard
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What are the chances of Microsoft giving away its operating system - and even some of its most popular applications - for free? Peter Gothard asked some Redmond-watchers for their thoughts

Will Windows ever become free? It seems unlikely on the face of it. It may not be universally loved, but nearly everybody uses it, and many, many enterprises depend on it. And yet, with Microsoft t...

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