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Re: that other OS

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On 2018-11-16 17:29, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 12:01:39 -0500, Doug wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote:
>> >
>> > I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that.
>> > I noticed tho that there is a new message
>> > "Windows is a service..."
>> > This is that thing where they want people to pay a monthly fee to use
>> > the OS, like adobe apparently did with their photo suite.
>> > Just saying, prepare for stampede of ex windows users.
>> >
>> Are they going to send an "upgrade" that will stop Windows from 
>> working if
>> you don't subscribe?
> 
> The original post gave no reliable references; it looks like 
> speculation.
> You are now speculating on the speculation.
> 
>> I almost never use Windows, altho the text reader program that I have 
>> used
>> for years on Windows is far superior to anything available for Linux.
> 
> Didn't take long to take an off-topic post even further off-topic and 
> for
> a reply to swallow the bait.

you will have seen this beautiful letter
Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists#
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists#/media/File:Bill_Gates_Letter_to_Hobbyists.jpg
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that other OS mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-11-16 17:40 +0100
  Re: that other OS Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2018-11-16 18:10 +0100
    Re: that other OS Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-11-16 18:30 +0100
    Re: that other OS Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-16 18:30 +0100
      Re: that other OS mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-11-16 18:40 +0100
      Re: that other OS mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-11-16 19:40 +0100
        Re: that other OS Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-16 20:40 +0100
          Re: that other OS "tv.debian@googlemail.com" <tv.debian@googlemail.com> - 2018-11-17 13:00 +0100
            Re: that other OS Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-11-17 14:50 +0100
    Re: that other OS mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-11-16 18:30 +0100
      Re: that other OS Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-11-16 18:40 +0100
  Re: that other OS Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-11-16 18:40 +0100
    Re: that other OS Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2018-11-20 19:20 +0100
      Re: that other OS deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-11-20 19:40 +0100
  Re: that other OS deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-11-16 21:10 +0100
    Re: that other OS Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-11-16 21:50 +0100
      Re: that other OS "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2018-11-16 22:30 +0100
        Re: that other OS deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-11-17 00:40 +0100
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