Re: “KDE For Windows 10 Exiles” Campaign

On 6/6/25 5:53 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 01:18:26 -0700, T wrote:
 

On 6/6/25 12:30 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 23:08:28 -0700, T wrote:
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These customers have older revisions.  And often times they are on the
latest OS and are pissed that their old stuff stopped working
properly.

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Would you entrust mission-critical business operations to obsolete,
unsupported software?

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Yes and no.  If the obsolete software runs your mission-critical
perfectly, then yes.  Freeze everything.

 Wrong answer. The answer is no.

Hmmmmm....  It still depends on your situation.

 

This is the objective behind Red Had Enterprise Linux.  Freeze old
versions of Fedora.  Bugs and all.

 That’s not how it works. They do fix bugs in RHEL, you know, for as long
as the old version is supported. That’s what’s meant by “supported”.

Ever try to get them to fix anything?  I have.  It is like
pulling teeth.  Their "support" is horrible.  They really,
really want to stay locked down.  Your fix could break
others working software.

I also do Payment Card Industry (PCI) consulting.
You are required to have a "supported" operating system.  And
Point-of-Sale software is foolishly (I cleaned up the swear word)
written on Windows.
So every M$ update is a very stressful experience, not to mention the
down time they take.

 Seems like there is an opportunity for a competitor to bring out a non-
Windows-based alternative that offers lower support costs.

You would think.