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From: Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Re: Microsoft to force new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:52:05 -0600
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Joel wrote:
> CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>> On 2025-01-13 17:54, Joel wrote:
>>> CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>> On 2025-01-13 16:32, Joel wrote:
>>>>> MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 12/01/2025 23:23, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Windows is a great OS -- if your time is worth
>>>>>>> nothing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> So which OS do you choose to expend your valuable time on?
>>>>>
>>>>> Linux is the only option worth pursuing.  macOS is weird and
>>>>> expensive, Windows is bloatware beyond belief.
>>>>
>>>> There's not much to pursue in MacOS. It works as it should and it is a
>>>> fairly pleasant experience. However, I would agree that it's expensive.
>>>> After a while, you'll need tools to do additional things and on MacOS,
>>>> you're going to be paying money in most cases. Open-source is available
>>>> for it too, mind you.
>>>
>>> I just dislike Windows and macOS, it might be my own opinion but it's
>>> right for me.
>>
>> MacOS machines have a shelf life of about seven years before Apple
>> decides that your machine is no longer worth supporting with updates. As
>> we've seen, Windows machines get about seven, so it's a fair amount of
>> time. However, Linux has them both beat with unlimited support no matter
>> how pathetic the machine you're running it on is.
> 
> 
> My machine is an interesting example - if I'd stayed with Win10, it'd
> be slammin', but then support would end relatively early in its life.
> So upgrade to 11, great, until the bloat overtakes it, as in my view
> it already began to with 23H2.  Linux is the only way to solve this
> dilemma.
> 

Indeed, linux is the only way to salvation.