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   Message 195,738 of 197,590   
   Brock McNuggets to Hank Rogers   
   Re: Windows 10 end of life is pushing us   
   21 Nov 25 23:19:59   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Nov 21, 2025 at 4:03:15 PM MST, "Hank Rogers" wrote   
   <10fqr3o$278m$1@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote on 11/21/2025 3:50 PM:   
   >> On 21 Nov 2025 20:49:59 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Nov 21, 2025 at 1:33:00 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote   
   >>> <10fqi9s$3vebb$3@dont-email.me>:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:11:08 +0000, David B. wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> You're right that no single human can reasonably evaluate all   
   >>>>> those tradeoffs in the timeline diagram - but that's precisely the   
   >>>>> problem Brock identified. The fact that the choice space is   
   >>>>> "totally unmanageable" even for knowledgeable users is exactly why   
   >>>>> newcomers struggle.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> As I pointed out before, the car market works in exactly the same   
   >>>> way. Yet nobody claims that this bewildering variety of car makes   
   >>>> and models, shapes, sizes, numbers of seats and doors, and all the   
   >>>> rest of it, means that the car market will never succeed -- it   
   >>>> already has, precisely because of all that choice.   
   >>>   
   >>> You made the claim. It was countered.   
   >>   
   >> Are you denying that the car market a) has lots of choice and b) is   
   >> successful?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I think only cars manufactured by linux are worth having.   
   >   
   > Looking forward to next year's supercharged RedHat coupe!   
      
   Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) is found in vehicles by Toyota, Subaru,   
   Mercedes‑Benz, Ford, GM, Tesla, and I am sure more.   
      
      
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