[marindez]

Or an N version again.

[zokier]

Yes, I'm thinking this will at most result yet another N version that nobody will buy and will have 0 practical impact.

[userbinator]

If the N version has almost no telemetry, then I bet there will be plenty of customers. Almost everyone I've talked to who is unwilling to use Win10 has mentioned the telemetry/privacy aspects.

The previous N versions only have no Windows Media Player --- something a lot of users either want or don't care about, so no wonder they weren't popular.

[vetinari]

Nobody will buy it, because it will be unobtanium, just like the N version was.

[pmontra]

If the standard version breaks the Dutch law then it should be impossible to sell it there. Everybody should be able to buy only this hypothetical N version.

[rocqua]

I had no option but to get the N version of windows 7 when using MSDNAA as a student in the Netherlands (service that gives free windows to students).

[zaroth]

I thought it was easy to obtain, but nobody actually wanted it!

[vetinari]

Have you ever tried to obtain it? Have you ever seen it as an OEM version bundled with computers, or just a box?

The only time I've seen it was on the MSDN download page. Nowhere else.

"Nobody wanted it" was a dishonest statement. It was not available -> nobody bought it -> so nobody "wanted" it.

[zaroth]

Listed right there next to the other editions in Stores which are required to sell it....

https://www.microsoft.com/en-cy/store/collections/windows