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Re: Windows 10

By: scubavol in GRITZ | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 20 Mar 25 6:54 PM | 27 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Grits Breakfast of Champeens! 		Msg. 05755 of 06072
(This msg. is a reply to 05752 by De_Composed)
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You do you, skipper. I have 3-decade relationships with clients, the successful of which – and the ones that last for 3 decades are successful- would be embarrassed to bitch in 2025 that Office 2007 is obsolete. Databases can be brought forward for anyone sober. I did know a guy who was not super bright but made a fortune maintaining an antiquated database for a Chicago-based national bakery concern that nobody didn’t like because they didn’t have the foresight to… well, they had no foresight. And after paying him well enough to fly weekly from Georgia to Chicago for an extended period, they failed. So be comatose at your own peril.

Anyhoo, I strive to no longer participate in the Special Olympics of internet debate. I’m retiring next month. I got to go bike shopping now. I’m currently infatuated with the Triumph Bonneville Bobber, though I’m not sure how to load it for extended trips yet!

PS- Don’t do Microsoft Drive. Just read about it. Not complicated. Don’t. If you already have, go back in time and don’t.


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Re: Windows 10
By: De_Composed in GRITZ
Thu, 20 Mar 25 6:07 PM 		Msg. 05752 of 06072

scubavol:

Re: “and everybody likes capitalism until they have to pay for something.”You aren't thinking too deeply. Some of us risk devastating loss if our software breaks - which it almost certainly will if a new OS is forced on us. In some cases, money won't fix things. Only an enormous amount of time and effort will.

There are small businessmen who will lose their businesses if Microsoft does this to them before they're ready. I know of one. He spent fifteen years developing automation that he CAN'T lose. Microsoft's forced upgrades are more than inconveniences. They're more like torching parts of people's lives.

BTW, you asked micro if the Microsoft Police are coming to our houses and forcing us to upgrade. Actually, that's very much what they do. I'm constantly dealing with unwanted updates that force me to spend an hour every week or so getting my system back. I've never figured out how to stop them. My sister has it even worse. She put Microsoft OneDrive on her system many years ago and can't remove it. Because of OneDrive, she's constantly finding that her files are gone... relocated to weird places where she didn't put them. You've heard ribit complaining about the same thing - though, in his case, it might not be OneDrive that's doing it.

While it's true that we agreed to use Microsoft's software many years ago, its monopolistic control of so many things make the option to leave it unrealistic. At this point, we're all addicted to things that require something else that requires something else that requires something else that Microsoft controls and takes advantage of. I hate Microsoft but can't give it up without sacrificing years worth of work. I'd as soon be a crack addict as be dependent on this dirtbag company.

Ah well. End of rant.
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