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On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 23:48:21 GMT, J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com>
wrote: 

> On 26 Apr 2018 21:00:45 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>>On 2018-04-26, Gareth's Downstairs Computer
>><headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 26/04/2018 21:09, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 7:50:28 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I can't see anyone in his right mind who has used a modern
>>>>> spreadsheet wanting to use "an old version of Lotus". It runs
>>>>> on my current machine just fine, but it's horribly limited.
>>>> 
>>>> It does everything my friend needs it to do.  Given that, why
>>>> should he be forced to upgrade?
>>
>>"Better is the enemy of good enough."
> 
> How long are companies supposed to support competing products that
> have not been sold in decades?
> 
>>>> My old MS-Word does everything I could ever want in a word
>>>> processor. But obviously M/S isn't happy about that--they're not
>>>> getting any new revenue from me.  So by planned obsolescence--which
>>>> the I.T. community eagerly embraces--I'm forced to upgrade.  Not
>>>> only that, but I understand the latest word is only licensed, not
>>>> purchased, so I'll have to pay rent for years.  No more "home
>>>> version" (e.g. Microsoft Works).  Plus, I don't think my old
>>>> existing copy of MS-Works will work on a new machine.
>>
>>I always loved the idea that "Microsoft Works" was an oxymoron.
>>Now it seems it's the literal truth.
> 
> It takes about 5 clicks to get to the page on the Microsoft site where
> one can buy (one time purchase) Office Home & Student 2016 for PC for
> $149.99.
> 
> <https://products.office.com/en-us/compare-all-microsoft-office-product
> s?tab=1> 
> 
> Of you can pay 10 bucks a month and get it for installation on up to
> 15 devices with 5 simultaneous users, 60 minutes a month of free
> IPPhone service, and a terabyte of cloud storage.
> 
>>> Perhaps there is a demand for a thunk, veneer,
>>> call-it-what-you-will, interface to allow Word 97 to run on latest
>>> machines? There can't be that many system calls that need to be
>>> intercepted! 
>>
>>How about installing an old version of Windows under VirtualBox?
>>Sure, it takes a bit of work - but it might be less work than
>>running on the M$ treadmill.
> 
> Yep, Word 97 runs fine in a virtual machine.
> 
>>Would LibreOffice work any better?
> 
> If it does what you need it's fine.
> 

What a MS shill.

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Bah, and indeed, Humbug.