Oddly, the upgrade is technically valid for the consumer and release previews which seems to completely destroy the whole "you need a previous license" business. Unless, of course, it's Microsoft's way of saying "thanks for dogfooding".
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Oddly, the upgrade is technically valid for the consumer and release previews which seems to completely destroy the whole "you need a previous license" business. Unless, of course, it's Microsoft's way of saying "thanks for dogfooding".