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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: New Linux Machine Update
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 07:33:33 -0400
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-hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:
>> On 2024-08-12, -hh wrote:
>>> CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-08-12 8:11 a.m., chrisv wrote:
>>>>> CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> As far as I know, everyone here except for Joel Crump and Larry
>>>>>> Pietraskiewicz have good salaries and can afford to buy software if they
>>>>>> need it. Linux is clearly a preference, not a necessity.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Almost no one uses Linux because it costs less than Windows.
>>>> 
>>>> Well, I'm sure that some do, especially if they're building their own 
>>>> machines and don't want to spend $200 on a license. 
>>> 
>>> I used to be that way.
>> 
>> Most people buy an off the shelf PC which includes Windows.
>
> And as IIRC Chris A pointed out a few years ago, can very well be cheaper
> at retail with the WinOS license than without, basically because of
> logistical economies of scale.

Also pointed that out a few days ago :-)

>> <brevsnip>
>> 
>> If you ae using Windows, try Mailbird or EM Client for payware.
>> Thunderbird for free.
>
> I was really thinking of setting up Outlook for the WinOS side.

I am sooooo glad I don't have to use Outlook (although the web app was
much less painful than the desktop app, but it couldn't encrypt things)
anymore. Same with Windows. It always felt so clumsy to me.

-- 
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night
to write.
		-- Saul Bellow