Microsoft Will Offer Free Windows 10 Upgrades To Even Pirated Windows 7 And Windows 8 Devices

[dgstorm]

Today at the renewed Windows Hardware Engineering Community (WinHEC) summit in Shenzhen, China, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 will be available this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages. We already know that Windows 10 is a free upgrade to hundreds of millions of customers running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Speaking to Recode, Terry Myerson has confirmed that Microsoft will offer free upgrades to even pirated copies of Windows.

“We are upgrading all qualified PCs, genuine and non-genuine, to Windows 10,” he said in a telephone interview with Reuters. The plan is to “re-engage” with the millions of users in China, he said, without elaboration.

Microsoft also shared new partnerships with several world-leading companies to deliver a seamless Windows 10 upgrade experience to customers in China.

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[GreyFox7]

All ... even *pirated* BUT NOT Windows RT even though they are offering Win 10 on ARM devices AND Upgrade ROMS for Xiaomi Android devices and probably others too. I get it all your developers are busy making software for iOS and Android you just don't give a rats tail about WinRT customers. This is purely a marketing decision and it's a bad one. There's not even that much additional work needed to make an RT release given all the other work already done. Id suggest a revolt and demand an early 2016 WinRT release or sue for one, sometimes you just have to smack them up side the head.