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From: John Rumm <see.my.signature@nowhere.null>
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Subject: Re: Laptop replacement
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 14:01:40 +0000
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On 28/03/2025 23:57, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:15:31 +0000, John Rumm wrote:
> 
>> (or failing that just upgrade to pro)
> 
> Answer to common Windows problem: give Microsoft more money.

I left it as an exercise for the reader to decide if/how they pay for it.

However keep in mind that paying for software from commercial vendors 
like MS also pays for large swathes of the "free" software you might 
otherwise choose, since many of those developers can only afford to 
donate time to open source projects only because they have income from a 
"money grabbing" software vendor.

-- 
Cheers,

John.

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