Microsoft could be planning to entice users of older Windows editions by offering free upgrades to "Windows 9" next year.
That notion comes from veteran Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley. She noted that Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 haven't taken off for Microsoft and are weighing it down like Vista did (Vista being a notorious operating system flop in the market for Microsoft). Without citing sources, Foley suggested Microsoft has moved on from Windows 8, and that it might be considering adding incentives for its Windows customers to do the same.
