<i>"or paying for the required license?"</i><p>Where was the acceptance of a contract requiring that? Microsoft just gave people a free upgrade.
Why the hell is Microsoft offering in-place OS upgrades of Windows Server in Windows Upgrade that are one-click "sure, why not, let me just break my license"?<p><a href="https://i.redd.it/xgk7t0sii3zd1.png" rel="nofollow">https://i.redd.it/xgk7t0sii3zd1.png</a><p><a href="https://i.redd.it/4o92m0nwi5zd1.png" rel="nofollow">https://i.redd.it/4o92m0nwi5zd1.png</a>
Windows decided to ruin its desktop, but that's okay because the business servers are where the real money is at, and thankfully they'd never do anything to destabilise that customer base...
We got an urgent notice today from our central IT group warning of this catastrophic screw up of epic proportions, and I could hardly believe it.<p>This is way worse than the Crowdstrike debacle.