Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by reneky 5633 days ago
Also: Microsoft is charging for updates. I'm not sure people are ready for a paid subscription service for windows.
1 comments

Indeed. Microsoft charges for their major version updates. I'm sure this is a reason why people have put excessive importance in Chrome's major version number. When you release for free you can choose version numbers for engineering reasons, when your revenue is tied to releases you ensure that each major version bump is sufficiently "meaty" to justify the purchase.