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I'm a part of the tech department for an awesome investigative journalism network called OCCRP. I'm really passionate about open source software, artificial intelligence and information security. My open source contributions are now merged with projects like reddit, elementary OS and the Tor Project. I'm running a personal blog where I share my personal stories. You can connect with me on Twitter: @r3bl_.
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It will be free if you're already using (legal) Windows 7 or 8. Those users already got an app called Get Windows 10 in the regular update and they will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 on 29th of July. Unfortunately, the same does not apply for the rest of the people. You will not be able to download Windows 10 for free.
It's not about the price, it's about the freedom. I'm the owner of multiple Microsoft's licenses (Windows 8.1, Office 365, the whole Dreamspark pack, and 1TB of space on OneDrive), but I'm using elementary OS as my primary operating system. It gets the job done, it gets the job done faster and the system is much more elegant while I'm doing my job. Never had any problems with it. :)
Yes, Word now enables you to open .odt files once you click through the warnings correctly. I'm talking about Office 365 version, which is the latest rolling release version of Microsoft Office.
The web version of the office (office.live.com) even allows you to select .odt as your default extension. I do not know if you can do the same with their desktop version, but it is clearly one of the signs of Microsoft FINALLY accepting and supporting openness, alongside with the open sourcing their .NET framework and releasing Visual Studio Code text editor for all platforms (including Linux). :)