(01-03-2024, 09:23 PM)TerryRitchie Wrote: "Furthermore, knowing that Windows will eventually become SaaS and monthly/yearly subscription fees will become the norm, is another reason to make the change to Linux now."
Best I can tell, reading the speculation, while this much could happen, a cloud-based Windows appears not to be imminent. It's simply not competitive, for too many people in the world, to attempt a cloud-based OS implementation. Even those who have good broadband, say over 100 Mb/s, would notice unacceptable performance.
On the WaaS model, I'd say that such a change would have been more likely had the Windows 10 model remained in effect. Where you'd eventually have to pay subscription fees for updates. If MS is instead moving to new versions of Windows every so often, they could just go back to charging for the upgrade, as they used to do.
Time will tell.
Meanwhile, for home use, I've been considering Office Libre, as opposed to MS Office 365. I see that some governments around the world have already made that move. Ain't competition great?