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      marcinozga
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      So we buy the device, but if we stop paying the subscription then what? Is there another OS out there that requires you to pay subscription fees to use it?
      $50 a year, that's more or less the cost of Windows license, considering device lifespan. Perhaps more if these things last for 3+ years.

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        coliver @marcinozga
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        @marcinozga said in Google Introduces Chrome Enterprise:

        So we buy the device, but if we stop paying the subscription then what? Is there another OS out there that requires you to pay subscription fees to use it?
        $50 a year, that's more or less the cost of Windows license, considering device lifespan. Perhaps more if these things last for 3+ years.

        Like Software Assurance? Microsoft has been hinting at this direction since Windows 8. I think we'll see Windows as a Service/Subscription model in the coming year.

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          marcinozga @coliver
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          @coliver Software Assurance is not OS, it's not required to run Windows systems, perhaps with the exception of enterprise edition.

          I'm saying no thanks to subscription model, they can have it.

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            Dashrender @coliver
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            @coliver said in Google Introduces Chrome Enterprise:

            @marcinozga said in Google Introduces Chrome Enterprise:

            So we buy the device, but if we stop paying the subscription then what? Is there another OS out there that requires you to pay subscription fees to use it?
            $50 a year, that's more or less the cost of Windows license, considering device lifespan. Perhaps more if these things last for 3+ years.

            Like Software Assurance? Microsoft has been hinting at this direction since Windows 8. I think we'll see Windows as a Service/Subscription model in the coming year.

            MS already has subscription models available.

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender
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              Windows Enterprise desktop edition used to require a subscription to SA. But they broke that out a while ago. You can buy Enterprise as an upgrade option from VLSC. I'm unaware of the ability to get an OEM Enterprise license.

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                IRJ @marcinozga
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                @marcinozga said in Google Introduces Chrome Enterprise:

                So we buy the device, but if we stop paying the subscription then what? Is there another OS out there that requires you to pay subscription fees to use it?
                $50 a year, that's more or less the cost of Windows license, considering device lifespan. Perhaps more if these things last for 3+ years.

                The real savings come when you consider how much less support is needed for something that basically has an empty OS and relies only on cloud services.

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                  coliver @IRJ
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                  @irj said in Google Introduces Chrome Enterprise:

                  @marcinozga said in Google Introduces Chrome Enterprise:

                  So we buy the device, but if we stop paying the subscription then what? Is there another OS out there that requires you to pay subscription fees to use it?
                  $50 a year, that's more or less the cost of Windows license, considering device lifespan. Perhaps more if these things last for 3+ years.

                  The real savings come when you consider how much less support is needed for something that basically has an empty OS and relies only on cloud services.

                  These are basically just web terminals at this point. Everything else is either a webpage or a VMWare virtual desktop/application. That's the exciting part.

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                    IRJ @coliver
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                    @coliver said in Google Introduces Chrome Enterprise:

                    @irj said in Google Introduces Chrome Enterprise:

                    @marcinozga said in Google Introduces Chrome Enterprise:

                    So we buy the device, but if we stop paying the subscription then what? Is there another OS out there that requires you to pay subscription fees to use it?
                    $50 a year, that's more or less the cost of Windows license, considering device lifespan. Perhaps more if these things last for 3+ years.

                    The real savings come when you consider how much less support is needed for something that basically has an empty OS and relies only on cloud services.

                    These are basically just web terminals at this point. Everything else is either a webpage or a VMWare virtual desktop/application. That's the exciting part.

                    I also see @marcinozga point as well, because if it is truly just a web terminal. Why not just use Linux workstations?

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                      IRJ
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                      or even android...

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                        scottalanmiller @IRJ
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                        @irj said in Google Introduces Chrome Enterprise:

                        I shared this with my team. I think this may be a Windows killer, but everyone else is skeptical. What do you guys think?

                        The Windows killer is "customers with a clue" and "the capability to move to modern software". Put those together, nearly everyone can drop Windows. Not everyone, but most everyone.

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