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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Windows victims: go ahead and pretend you don't want or need
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Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 17:34:47 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-05-09, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 May 2024 17:00:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Maybe they just saw it as "outdated"?
>
> They have certainly hired designers who try to say it is “outdated”.
>
> But the idea of Microsoft being arbiters of fashion, particularly GUI 
> fashion, on their clunky, non-customizable OS, is just laughable.

Agreed.

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