From: user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Paul Clayton  posted:   
      
   > On 2/5/26 2:02 PM, MitchAlsup wrote:   
   > >   
   > > Paul Clayton  posted:   
   > >   
   > [snip]   
   > >> Cooperating with AMD to develop a more sane encoding while   
   > >> supporting low overhead for old binaries would have been better   
   > >> for customers (I think). However, doing what is best generally   
   > >> for customers is not necessarily the most profitable action.   
   > >   
   > > Yes, imaging Custer (Intel) and AMD (Sioux) sitting down together   
   > > and making optimal battle plans for Little Big Horn battle to come.   
   >   
   > Rather than making battle plans for how to annihilate each   
   > other, perhaps finding a better solution than the ratting each   
   > other out in the prisoner's dilemma.   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   > > One can still buy a milling machine built in 1937 and run it in his shop.   
   > > Can one even do this for software from the previous decade ??   
   >   
   > Yes, but dependency on (proprietary) servers for some games has   
   > made them (unnecessarily) unplayable.   
   >   
   >  From what I understand, one can still run WordPerfect under a   
   > DOS emulator on modern x86-64.   
   >   
   > With the poor security of much software, even OSes, one might   
   > want to contain any legacy software in a more secured   
   > environment.   
   >   
   > Preventing automatic update is perhaps more of a hassle. Some   
   > people have placed software in a virtual machine that has no   
   > networking to avoid software breaking.   
   >   
   > > MS wants you to buy Office every time you buy a new PC.   
   >   
   > I thought MS wanted everyone to use Office365. It is harder to   
   > force people to get a new computer, but a monthly fee will recur   
   > automatically.   
      
   When I need a tool--I buy that tool--I never rent that tool.   
      
   Name one feature I would want from office365 that was not already   
   present in office from  1998.   
      
   > > MS, then moves all the menu items to different pull downs and   
   > > makes it difficult to adjust to the new SW--and then it has the   
   > > Gaul to chew up valuable screen space with ever larger pull-   
   > > down bars.   
   >   
   > Ah, but they are just beginning to include advertising. Imagine   
   > every time one uses the mouse (to indicate to the computer that   
   > the user's eyes are focused on a particular place) an   
   > advertisement appears and follows the cursor movement. Even just   
   > having menu entries that are advertisements would be kind of   
   > annoying, but one would be able to get rid of those by leasing   
   > the premium edition (until one needs to lease the platinum   
   > edition, then the "who wants to remain a millionaire" edition).   
      
   Why would I or anyone want advertising in office ????????   
      
   > > Is it any wonder users want the 1937 milling machine model ???   
   >   
   > Have no fear; soon you may be merely leasing your computer.   
   > Computers need to have the latest spyware so that advertisements   
   > can be appropriately targeted and adblocking must be made   
   > impossible.   
      
   I am the kind of guy that turns off "telemetry" and places advertisers   
   in /hosts file.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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