Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ).

On 5/6/24 5:27 PM, DFS wrote:

On 5/6/2024 9:37 AM, -hh wrote:

On 5/5/24 7:31 PM, DFS wrote:

On 5/5/2024 2:34 PM, Joel wrote:

Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:

Le 04-05-2024, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> a écrit :

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
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you don't know what you're giving up by
clinging to Windows.

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What do you think I'm "giving up"?

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Independence.  Simplicity.  Elegance.  Power.  I feel Mint Cinnamon is
an enhancement, not a sacrifice of features.

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Independence:
You're no more independent of a distro maker than I am of Microsoft.

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"A distro maker" isn't M$.

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Doesn't matter. Changing your master isn't a way to be independent.

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OK, Wintroll, suck DFS's cock, then, upgrade to Win11.  I'm sure
you'll love it.

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Drinking again?  Stéphane is by no means a Wintroll.
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I'm still wondering just what the whole issue is with Win11.
Is it merely that one is pushed into registering?

 It's not perfect, and it costs a little bit of money.  That's it.

Ah, so this is the old "Free as in Beer" wishes again...
...and nothing is perfect; one merely works to minimize shortcomings.

In any event, I cranked up my Win11 box yesterday and let it go through some updates, a security scan, and to check which version of MS-Office it currently has running (got an email for a sale on Office 2021 for $49 that was expiring at midnight).

 Through MS?  'Cause you can get it cheaper (and valid) elsewhere.

It was through "Apple Insider" .. in looking at the email link today, it appears that they shut down their portal this week (4 May).
It now links over to stacksocial.com ... and this MS-Office 2019 product there is still being offered for $29.97 (both Windows & MacOS, but slightly different flavors).  Its not the latest revision (I have 2021 on my Mac), but its a one time pay instead of 365's "rental" model:
https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/microsoft-office-professional-plus-2019-for-windows-3

Perhaps I should finally get back to dabbling with MS-Access again, but in any event, its all current & ready to go if/when the mood hits me.

 What are you doing with Access?  What version?

Version would be Access 2019 (as per the above bundle); plans are not determined - its probably been a good ten years since I've done any Access dabbling, so this is mostly "now that I have the tool again, time to figure out what I want to try using it for today".
-hh