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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Microsoft makes a lot of money, Is Intel exceptionally
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:47:10 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:01:34 +0000, MitchAlsup1 wrote:

> In particular, MS has not added anything I want in Office since 2003 and
> in the OS in particular since 2005. Windows 7 is still better than
> windows 10 or 11 or 12...

Would you entrust mission-criticial business operations to obsolete, 
unsupported software?

Open-source software is more responsive to community needs.

> MS would make more money by allowing old OSs to keep running and sent
> the employees home...

They’re going to charge businesses who want to stick with Windows 10 a 
steadily increasing support fee. Charging lots of money to those who want 
to stick with old versions of your proprietary software sounds like a 
business model with a much more promising future, don’t you think?