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For the first time, Microsoft will offer user-based Windows licenses to enterprises, a change one expert called “substantial” but another downplayed as unlikely to have much of an impact. Neither ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft had been considering making Windows Phone and Windows RT available free ...