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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: End Of 10 Project
Date: 24 Jun 2025 01:28:00 GMT
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 23:19:41 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

> As I think you know very well, I didn't mean the cost of physically
> unplugging it - I meant the cost of withdrawing it when it still - by
> the budget drawn up before it suddenly had to be replaced - had some
> residual value. (And such value plummeted as soon as the forced
> withdrawal became necessary.)

There wasn't anything sudden about it. Any Windows 10 box that can't be 
upgraded probably was expensed years ago.