Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rich Newsgroups: comp.misc,uk.d-i-y Subject: Re: Laptop replacement Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:23:53 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:23:54 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d0188fb024ce3dd76780f5e92f834868"; logging-data="3280518"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/SXxCMR8hnNXNyKhjF873c" User-Agent: tin/2.6.1-20211226 ("Convalmore") (Linux/5.15.139 (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:JSSdz2b4K9aoPbDCkzKB8uDtpB0= Bytes: 2234 In comp.misc Jeff Gaines wrote: > On 28/03/2025 in message Lawrence > D'Oliveiro wrote: > >>On 27 Mar 2025 08:28:42 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote: >> >>>On 27/03/2025 in message Lawrence >>>D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> >>>>Would you entrust mission-critical business operations to obsolete, >>>>unsupported software? >>> >>>I use Windows 8.1 on all my machines that will run it because it allows >>>me to download updates and install them when convenient to me. Why this >>>facility doesn't exit on Win 10 goodness knows. >>> >>>I see you've been suckered by MSFT marketing bullshit :-) >> >>I don’t use Microsoft OSes at all. >> >>What was that about being “suckered by MSFT marketing bullshit” ... ? > > You said "Would you entrust mission-critical business operations to > obsolete, >>unsupported software?" And you've been trolled by L.D. This sort of thing happens all the time from that nick. Killfiling it is generally the best path forward.