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   masonc,   
      
   > Microsoft will update MicrosoftOffice so it won't run on xp   
      
   Well, that can be, and probably is, a natural effect of solving problems in   
   regard to the OSes they currently support, while disregarding OSes they do   
   not support anymore (read: not bothering to test for them).   
      
   That you dislike that because it does not benefit you and are trying to put   
   such effects forward as willfull interfering of MS is your problem, not   
   theirs.   
      
   > They must sell new os to stay in business.   
      
   Very true.   But nonwithstanding that you pretty-much demand they keep   
   supporting your aging OS from which, from the moment it was brought out, was   
   known how long it would live.   Nonetheless you now have stuck your head   
   into the sand and refuse to have that true.   
      
   Also, you payed a small lump sum when you bought the OS.  Do you *really*   
   think that gives you the right to perpetual support and upgrades ?    What   
   would MS live of than ?   How would it survive ?    (would you support your   
   own work the same way ?)   
      
   There is a simple solution to your "they will break my OS" problems: just   
   switch off those automatic updates from MS.   
      
   And there are some other methods that can help you not to get bitten by that   
   evil MS cooporation (which you are no doubt still suckling your updates from   
   at no charge), but I think its time you spend some effort into finding them   
   yourself (using Google perhaps ?).   
      
   In short: stop sounding like an entitled kid, and *do* something.   And do   
   it *yourself*.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
   Written from my still operational Win98se machine.  :-)   
      
      
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   masonc  schreef in berichtnieuws   
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   > On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:15:41 -0700, masonc    
   wrote:   
   >   
   > >Who is ready? What law firm will take it on?   
   > >What state attorney-general will become famous?   
   >   
   > Wait a bit.  Microsoft will update MicrosoftOffice so it won't run on xp   
   and   
   > perhaps crashes all to xp's.  They must sell new os to stay in business.   
      
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