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Microsoft Must Be Getting Desperate (V)
5-17-2016 | Orangehoof

Posted on 05/17/2016 10:40:44 AM PDT by OrangeHoof

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To: TheNext

Or you could get a Mac...


101 posted on 05/17/2016 3:23:30 PM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: meatloaf
I wonder if it comes with EDT.

It appears so, according to wikipedia; here:

Both EVE and the TPU implementation of EDT are still distributed with OpenVMS.

102 posted on 05/17/2016 3:24:02 PM PDT by Edward.Fish
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I recommend Linux Mint 17.x.

I'm the guy that loves the Unity version of Ubuntu 16.04.

103 posted on 05/17/2016 3:30:08 PM PDT by Stentor ("Hiding behind 'conservative' while America goes down the toilet is not acceptable anymore." LS)
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To: Crusher138

Creates incompatibility issues mixing OSes.

Air Gap PC NEVER gets a virus, never spied upon.
Personal data is SAFE.


104 posted on 05/17/2016 3:36:00 PM PDT by TheNext
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To: toast
We are the Borg/NSA. You will be assimilated OrangeHoof.
Blnk
Resistance is futile.
105 posted on 05/17/2016 3:38:22 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Edward.Fish

I used the heck out of the control K feature. I may still have a copy of Boston Computing’s EDT that ran on a PC.


106 posted on 05/17/2016 3:51:56 PM PDT by meatloaf
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To: OrangeHoof
I turned off all Windows updates (not recommended) and told them I will switch when *I* think it's best, not when they do.

Me too (and it ain't going to be to WX!)

107 posted on 05/17/2016 3:58:00 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Kirkwood

Best just to comply with the requested updates. Microsoft wouldn’t be reccomending it if it wasn’t for your own good. Don’t want to ruffle any feathers.


108 posted on 05/17/2016 3:58:48 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: Stentor
I'm glad the two are very closely linked...Mint being a variant of Ubuntu.

There were small things I didn't like about Ubuntu when I tried a few years ago. I switched to Mint and I love it.

109 posted on 05/17/2016 4:04:18 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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To: chris37

I upgraded from Win 7 on one machine and 8.1 on another, over the last few days, and on my Surface Pro 3 a few months ago. Runs flawlessly on ALL machines. Quite pleased. Run SSDs on two machines, and it boots like right NOW!! Love it.


110 posted on 05/17/2016 5:25:28 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SgtHooper

My buddy was running Windows 7, and he wa sone who just refused to upgrade to 10, but he also wanted to play some Killer Instinct, so only one way to do that on PC.

So after a couple of days he messaged me - man, I feel so stupid for trying ot avoid it for so long, it’s great.

7 was pretty solid, so I can understand why some want to stick with it, but 10 is just so smooth.

I can’t understand at all why anyone would want to stick with 8.1. That is the worst OS I have ever seen.


111 posted on 05/17/2016 5:31:26 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: VanDeKoik

Indeed.


112 posted on 05/17/2016 6:21:26 PM PDT by balk
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To: chris37

The software I use for business will not certify on Windows 10, not for another year at least.

“Syntax Error: No Revenues Today”


113 posted on 05/17/2016 6:30:50 PM PDT by balk
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To: balk

Fair enough.

My mom has a similar concern with her business, so she is unfortunately stuck on 8.1 for now, and that is truly the worst OS I have ever seen.


114 posted on 05/17/2016 6:46:45 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: OrangeHoof; null and void

WTH is wrong with Microsoft? Why do they want us to have Windows 10 so badly? Is this some kind of conspiracy to take over our computers or use Windows 10 to brainwash us somehow?

Null and void, this may actually be up your alley.


115 posted on 05/17/2016 7:11:23 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (0bama's insane rantings prove that power deludes, and absolute power deludes absolutely.)
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To: HamiltonJay

I like the Metro Browser on my Surface Pro 2, I don’t want to loose it by going from 8.1 to 10. Is there a way to keep it going under Windows 10?


116 posted on 05/18/2016 7:48:59 AM PDT by Mark was here (Isn't attacking Trump's ex-girlfriends a "war on women"?)
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To: OrangeHoof; Swordmaker
On the enterprise business side, Apple & SAP recently announced a partnership to bring enterprise apps to the iPhone & iPad
117 posted on 05/18/2016 8:12:36 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: OrangeHoof; Snowybear; balk

It happened to us last evening, too. We had avoided all the nagware for weeks; we didn’t want Windows 10; and now we seem to be stuck with it. I don’t think we did anything different than we’ve always done to decline it.

Everything seems to still be there and work pretty much the same, but it all seems very sneaky.

-JT


118 posted on 05/18/2016 10:36:55 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“There were small things I didn’t like about Ubuntu when I tried a few years ago. I switched to Mint and I love it.”

Both Ubuntu and Mint have the Mate desktop now. Life is good!


119 posted on 05/18/2016 10:02:58 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
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To: Edward.Fish

‘OpenVMS is being ported to the x86_64 architecture, that could shake things up in the PC market.’

They are 25 years too late. It’s not just a port that makes an OS successful. BeOS/Solaris was ported too, and nobody gave a sht.


120 posted on 05/28/2016 7:13:38 PM PDT by JFoobar
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