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From: hanc...
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:12
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:12
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On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 11:12:54 AM UTC-4, Dave Garland wrote: > Near as I could tell, the new MS versions were mostly a way to goad > people into unnecessary "upgrades" and generate repeat sales. Some > people just want the new shiny, and some were frightened when the > popup appeared that said "if you save in the old format, you're > probably going to break things". And some because people were sending > them documents they couldn't open any more. Microsoft and the hardware makers followed the auto industry model of planned obsolescence. My old PC physically works reasonably well, but the software is obsolete and difficult to use for many tasks since it is no longer compatible. Note that IBM provided old system compatibility going back 40 years. Would it kill the PC industry to provide that? As mentioned, they upgrade and upgrade but really don't improve anything.
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