From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Wed, 26 Feb 2025, Richmond wrote:   
      
   > D  writes:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025, D wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:51:19 -0000 (UTC), Ben Collver  wrote:   
   >>>> After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to   
   >>>> Notepad   
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   >>>   
   >>> for text editing, these freewares work superbly:   
   >>>   
   >>> libre office https://libreoffice.org notetab lite   
   >>> https://notetab.com/notetab-light ted notepad   
   >>> https://jsimlo.sk/notepad   
   >>>   
   >   
   > Emacs can be run on Windows too.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Ahhh... wonderful news! Microsoft becoming more and more irrelevant   
   >> for the desktop every year.   
   >>   
   >> I'm convinced they will eventually make windows free with   
   >> surveillance, since no one will want to pay for the crap eventually.   
   >>   
   >> With android, chromebooks, linux, ipads, mac os there's plenty of way   
   >> better options out there. I feel as if Microsoft, due to its cloud   
   >> focus, is slowly losing their grip on the desktop market! =D   
   >   
   > I don't feel confident that Google doesn't spy on me, or that it is not   
   > cloud focused.   
   >   
      
   Google? The only time I use google is on behalf of one of my customers, so   
   if they want google to spy on them and their IP, by all means!   
      
   Personally, and in my own company, not a google or microsoft product as   
   far as the eye can see! =D   
      
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