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Re: Windows rant

From John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Windows rant
Date 2025-07-01 08:13 -0700
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 00:06:29 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> The mind says that, the heart‡ is still too heavily indoctrinated
> with those multi-million-dollar PR campaigns telling everybody how
> wonderful Microsoft is.

Nobody has ever thought this,* despite the campaigns. They've *always*
gotten by on omnipresence engineered through business tactics, whatever
the merits or demerits of any given product/version.

* (Aside from the occasional actual MS employee.)

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Windows rant Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-05 22:37 +0000
  Re: Windows rant Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-06 01:37 +0000
    Re: Windows rant Not Necessary <not@necessary.invalid> - 2025-06-30 09:37 +0530
      Re: Windows rant Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-30 06:47 +0000
      Re: Windows rant Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-30 13:41 +0000
        Re: Windows rant Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 00:06 +0000
          Re: Windows rant John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-01 08:13 -0700
        Re: Windows rant Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl> - 2025-07-01 20:12 +0200
          Re: Windows rant Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-02 01:13 +0000
            Re: Windows rant "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-07-02 16:30 +0100
              Re: Windows rant Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-02 20:05 +0000
                Re: Windows rant Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-02 22:40 +0000
      Re: Windows rant Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2025-07-15 16:54 +0000
  Re: Windows rant rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 05:13 +0000
    Re: Windows rant scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-06 14:08 +0000
      Re: Windows rant Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-06 18:38 +0000
        Re: Windows rant rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-07 19:11 +0000
      Re: Windows rant rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-07 19:06 +0000
    Re: Windows rant Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-06 20:41 +0000
      Re: Windows rant Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-06 22:36 +0000
        Re: Windows rant Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-07 12:49 +0000
          Re: Windows rant Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-07 21:57 +0000
            Re: Windows rant Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-05-08 11:50 +0000
              Re: Windows rant rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-08 19:53 +0000
      Re: Windows rant rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-07 19:17 +0000
        Re: Windows rant Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-07 21:52 +0000
  Re: Windows rant Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-06 20:30 +0000
  Re: Windows rant Berend Lettinga <berendlettinga@hotmail.com> - 2025-07-03 17:26 +0200
    Re: Windows rant rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-03 18:33 +0000
      Re: Windows rant John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-03 11:49 -0700

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