
This, at the same time, brought on some tough licensing choices, too. When the company released Windows 8, one of the approaches that they took to making it even more popular (and combat piracy at the same time) was making it available for lower prices as compared to previous versions. You would already know that Windows is a closed-source operating system, and hence, when you purchase a copy of Microsoft Windows, you’re basically acquiring a ‘license to use’ for the operating system, and not the OS itself. With Windows 8, Microsoft made some different (if not difficult) choices, especially when it comes to licensing.
