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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Windows victims: go ahead and pretend you don't want or need the
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 22:22:26 -0000 (UTC)
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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 Maybe they just saw it as "outdated"?

They have certainly hired designers who try to say it is “outdated”.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.