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Article #623134Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: maus
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 07:48
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 07:48
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On 2018-04-26, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 7:50:28 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote: >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:03:33 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >> >> >On Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 9:35:38 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote: > > It does everything my friend needs it to do. Given that, why > should he be forced to upgrade? There are people who use the free spreadsheet-like utility called 'sc'. and it does quiet well. And Now!!! There is an upgrade called 'sc-im' available! I find that some spreadsheets can 'hide' very suspect data. > > 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. > > Why use [word-versions] when you have vim and latex?. -- greymaus.ireland.ie Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man
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