On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 18:36:01 +0000, mick crane wrote: > On 2018-11-16 17:29, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 12:01:39 -0500, Doug wrote: > > > > > > > > On 11/16/2018 11:32 AM, mick crane wrote: > > > > > > > > I use windows I'm not ashamed to say that. > > > > I noticed tho that there is a new message > > > > "Windows is a service..." > > > > This is that thing where they want people to pay a monthly fee to use > > > > the OS, like adobe apparently did with their photo suite. > > > > Just saying, prepare for stampede of ex windows users. > > > > > > > Are they going to send an "upgrade" that will stop Windows from > > > working if > > > you don't subscribe? > > > > The original post gave no reliable references; it looks like > > speculation. > > You are now speculating on the speculation. > > > > > I almost never use Windows, altho the text reader program that I > > > have used > > > for years on Windows is far superior to anything available for Linux. > > > > Didn't take long to take an off-topic post even further off-topic and > > for > > a reply to swallow the bait. > > well I think it's relevant, I've contributed financially to some projects > and if I had more I would contribute more but basically I am getting loads > of excellent software for free
1. I am a Debian user. 2. I do not have a trumpet to blow. 3. I would prefer list posts to deal with the Debian ecosystem. -- Brian.
