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Article #623141Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:08
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:08
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On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:40:30 -0700 Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > > Whereas my old PC (about five years old now) works fine and has > > fully up to date software (OS and applications) that also works fine and > > does the right thing with 30 year old data files (my oldest) as well as > > ones from today. I've had a consistent UI of my choice for over twenty > > years now. > > Obviously not windows, then. Nope FreeBSD, but I could do the same with OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD and any number of Linux distributions (probably with somewhat more effort than any of the BSDs). -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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