Microsoft COO Kevin Turner has revealed that the company will be releasing Windows 10 in 2015. Christian Today reports that the Turner broke the news during a recent interview with international news agencies and said that the upcoming operating system will be in the market "early next fall."

Speaking at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference on Thursday, Turner remarked, "By next late summer and early fall we'll be able to bring out this particular operating system. That's the current plan of record."

According to the website, if the Redmond-based tech titan's plan to release Windows 10 in the autumn becomes a reality, eventually users will get a new Windows OS almost three years following the launch Windows 8 - the last operating system from Microsoft. In fact, Windows 8 received a mixed response as it was somewhat confusing, especially when people were using it for the first time. Microsoft actually received loads of complaints from PC users who generally comfortable with the conventional design of the OS.

Taking a cue from the complaints, Microsoft has gone ahead and merged new features of Windows 10 with the conventional look, in addition to the familiar start menu. It has been reported that users who downloaded the beta version of Windows 10 from the tech titan's website and tried it have actually experienced these purported improvements in upcoming operating system.

It is expected that the Windows 10 update will be available free, as Microsoft has reported that just a fifth of the entire Windows users updated to Windows 8 or its update - Windows 8.1.

The website quotes Gartner vice-president Michael Silver saying that the best way for Microsoft to go is allowing the users to upgrade their OS to Windows 10 for free. On the other hand, Steve Kleynhans, another vice-president of the technology research firm, says that these days consumer no longer consider operating systems to be products that they should purchase, but think that they come along with the device.

InformationWeek quoted Kleynhans as saying, "Microsoft is the only company who still builds a significant business selling an operating system. Today, consumers see the OS as part of the device and don't really distinguish it as a component to be paid for separately."