Re: "KDE For Windows 10 Exiles" Campaign

On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 00:41:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

“Your computer is toast
>
“Running Windows 10 on your computer? On October 14 Microsoft wants to
turn it into junk.
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“It may seem like it continues to work after that date for a bit, but when
Microsoft stops support for Windows 10, your perfectly good computer will
be officially obsolete.
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“Windows 10 will degrade as more and more bugs come to light. With nobody
to correct them, you risk being hacked. Your data, identity, and control
over your device could be stolen.
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“New versions of your apps will not run, but Microsoft will still block
you from upgrading to the next version of Windows until you buy the new
computer they decide.”
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Scary? Yes. Exaggerated? No. Because that’s what Microsoft really wants to
do. Just like it has done so many times before.

The computer on which I'm writing this is still running Windows XP.

When my Windows 7 laptop was stolen I replaced it by a Windows 10
machine, and insisted that they install the 32-bit version.

I've not really had occasdion to call Microsoft support, though I'm
aware that the help files will probably become inaccessible after
Microsoft ceases its support, and follows its planned obsolescence
policy.

But if I downgrade to Windows 11, a lot of my software will stop
weorking.

There should be a law that says that when any commercial software firm
ceases to support software, it should immediately be put in the public
domain and made open source. A lot of institutions have "digitised"
all sorts of records, and in some cases have destroyed the hard copy
originals,. and as time goes by the digitised records become
inaccessible, largely because of the planned obsolescence policies of
bodies like Microsoft.







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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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