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From: DFS <nospam@dfs.com>
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Subject: Re: I installed openSUSE Leap
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 23:28:00 -0400
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On 10/20/2024 9:22 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:43:42 -0400, DFS wrote:
> 
>> I used to spend a lot on MS software; now very very little.
> 
> Imagine being spurned by the company you have been, and continue to be, so
> loyal to.
> 
> Unrequited love, much?


MS doesn't know or care about me, any more than Torvalds does you.

Back in the early 90s I called an MS support number from one of the 
manuals in the box, and actually talked to an Access developer. 
Nowadays you're more likely to get help online from an unpaid MVP.

A few years ago one MS online support employee asked me what an API was.