Well apple doesn't see it that way and I think Microsoft "thinks" they can make more money if they don't view it that way either but what it will do is push everyone away to a new competitor.
Agreed. It was everyone acceptance of a walled garden that prompted this move. Apple always had a smaller market share but it was Google and Sony that made the software as a service model acceptable for operating systems.
Linux needs to come into the 21st century and put these guys to sleep once and for all.
Hopefully the steam machines will bring gaming over to it and introduce a large amount of people to it and we a see an increase. My other hope is window 10 images that get modded and take out all things like this.