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| From | Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Microsoft notepad.exe paywall |
| Date | 2025-02-26 12:28 +0000 |
| Organization | Frantic |
| Message-ID | <868qps51qm.fsf@example.com> (permalink) |
| References | <vpkse7$22iuo$2@dont-email.me> <20250225.172500.eb769ce1@mixmin.net> <6591afa9-31db-5ae7-1882-d011ebfd7fb9@example.net> <86cyf45378.fsf@example.com> <1d3ee924-064c-da45-4c5c-0f475728ffdf@example.net> |
D <nospam@example.net> writes: > On Wed, 26 Feb 2025, Richmond wrote: > >> D <nospam@example.net> writes: >> >>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025, D wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:51:19 -0000 (UTC), Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote: >>>>> After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to >>>>> Notepad >>>>> ===================================================================== >>>> >>>> for text editing, these freewares work superbly: >>>> >>>> libre office https://libreoffice.org notetab lite >>>> https://notetab.com/notetab-light ted notepad >>>> https://jsimlo.sk/notepad >>>> >> >> Emacs can be run on Windows too. >> >>> >>> Ahhh... wonderful news! Microsoft becoming more and more irrelevant >>> for the desktop every year. >>> >>> I'm convinced they will eventually make windows free with >>> surveillance, since no one will want to pay for the crap eventually. >>> >>> With android, chromebooks, linux, ipads, mac os there's plenty of way >>> better options out there. I feel as if Microsoft, due to its cloud >>> focus, is slowly losing their grip on the desktop market! =D >> >> I don't feel confident that Google doesn't spy on me, or that it is not >> cloud focused. >> > > Google? The only time I use google is on behalf of one of my > customers, so if they want google to spy on them and their IP, by all > means! > > Personally, and in my own company, not a google or microsoft product > as far as the eye can see! =D You listed Chromebooks and Android, now you are saying "Google?". Chromebooks are very cloud focused I think.
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Re: Microsoft notepad.exe paywall Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-02-26 11:56 +0000
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