Nenu
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That doesnt make the Win7/8 to Win 10 upgrade free though.That is not correct. for example
Windows 95 purchase a license
Windows 95 > 98 you purchased an upgrde license which voided your win 95 license
Windows 98 > ME purchase an upgrade lose win 98 license
Windows ME > XP purchase upgrade lose ME
Windows XP > Vista purchase upgrade lose XP
Windows Vist > Windows 7 purchase upgrade lose Vista
Windows 7 > Windows 8 purchase upgrade lose 7
Windows 8 > Windows 8.1 *basically a service pack)
Windows 7&8 > windows 10 no purchase required lose 7 or 8
Upgrading from one release to the next the license was transferred to the new release, thus voiding the previous. The only way this was not the case is if you bought a FULL release license not an upgrade license. The people that took the free win 10 upgrade recieved a free upgrade license.
There is a loss of use of the better OS.