Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: """Standard""" software (was: Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:23:53 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 17 Message-ID: <20260626122353.00005191@gmail.com> References: <111fbk1$2lq9d$6@dont-email.me> <111fqaq$2pbrc$1@dont-email.me> <111fqum$11vn7$1@news1.tnib.de> <111gbuk$2sr2f$13@dont-email.me> <111hii9$3b57f$1@dont-email.me> <111ifsc$3hha9$1@dont-email.me> <111ii4p$3ik55$1@dont-email.me> <111km9n$760s$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:23:57 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="802673"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+qrAG6uUt2sck9CAYGuWE42PEz6Dy1Gx0="; posting-host="1497584f61aeb8b7dcd3b802ace86049" Cancel-Lock: sha1:tw+kgoGru8a+mFv0ANA03+wfQl0= sha256:aoIAF0TcX2SCOfCKlu4h+JOQntL7GHC6hZ9SWXLrgWE= sha1:tyHNmnO6AKLCJVthZkx3ObeUlhs= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.vintage:1769 comp.os.linux.misc:88435 On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:03:12 GMT Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > Is this the same =E2=80=9Cbusiness world=E2=80=9D that has largely move= d its > > operations into the cloud these days? The cloud that is dominated > > by Linux? =20 >=20 > Shhhhh... don't say that too loudly. Bill might not like it. Are you kidding? M$ makes *bank* on Office 365, whether it's running as a bloated Web app or a bloated native executable. *Herds* of CEOs who validate themselves by cutting checks for stuff they'll never have to use have been inflicting this on their workers for like a decade now. Satya could probably not give less of a shit whether he's getting paid $xxx/mo. a head for that on Chromium/Linux or Edge/Win11.