Back in April 2015, Microsoft made the bold claim that its new operating system, Windows 10, would be
running on 1 billion devices by 2018. Today, the company is revising the timeline. In a statement obtained by
ZDNet, Windows marketed head Yusef Medhi says the poor performance of its mobile division means it won't likely hit its original milestone within three years after release.
"Windows 10 is off to the hottest start in history with over 350 million monthly active devices, with record customer satisfaction and engagement," he said. "We're pleased with our progress to date, but due to the focusing of our phone hardware business, it will take longer than FY18 for us to reach our goal of 1 billion monthly active devices. In the year ahead, we are excited about usage growth coming from commercial deployments and new devices - and increasing customer delight with Windows." Starting July 30th, 2016, the company will
no longer give out the upgrade for free and instead will start charging $119. So the upgrade rate is expected to slow further.
