Several sites are running with the story that Windows 9 will be a free upgrade to Windows 8 users. Now, this was a slip from a Indonesian Microsoft executive, and not the Microsoft corporation itself. If it is a valid rumor, it’s excellent news for everyone that is running Windows 8 right now. But, I would still take it with a grain of salt. It’s not necessary a “confirmation” with this. At most, it’s a likely rumor.

According to Diantoro, the Windows 9 upgrade will be available free of charge to all existing Windows 8 users once it’s released. Apparently, users will be able to easily install the Windows 9 update after downloading it from Microsoft, which is how Apple’s OS X updates have been rolled out to Macs for a few years now. For what it’s worth, some of the recent Windows 9 leaks did say that Microsoft already has a tool in place that will allow users to easily perform software updates.