XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-11-19 13:12, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 11/19/25 3:48 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-19 12:20, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>> On 11/19/25 3:08 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-11-19 11:13, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>>>> On 11/19/25 2:05 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2025-11-18 13:42, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 11/17/25 12:12 PM, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On 11/13/2025 6:14 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On 11/13/25 2:25 AM, Jan Panteltje wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> I have read MS is holding shares in hardware companies.   
   >>>>>>>>>> Making more bloated software sells ever more new PCs.   
   >>>>>>>>>> Nothing MS software can do that cannot be done with simpler   
   >>>>>>>>>> hardware in Linux,   
   >>>>>>>>>> for a fraction of thew cost.   
   >>>>>>>>>> Seems much computer power is needed for advertizing these   
   >>>>>>>>>> days ;-)   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> The truth hurts. ;)   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Really? You can buy a laptop that runs Windows 11 just find for   
   >>>>>>>> under $500.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Linux will perform better on such a system.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Whereby when you say "perform", you completely ignore what the   
   >>>>>> actual user might need it to do...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Sure, if you have to have commercial software, Linux doesn't have   
   >>>>> it as abundantly as Windows.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Which almost all users have to have...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...and which macOS has quite nearly as abundantly as Windows.   
   >>>   
   >>> Perhaps, but I get along pretty well with Linux software.   
   >>   
   >> Sure, but here's a thought that has not made it into your very narrow-   
   >> minded outlook:   
   >>   
   >> YOU...   
   >>   
   >> ...are not EVERYONE IN THE COMPUTER USING WORLD.   
   >   
   >   
   > I do understand that, actually.  It's just too bad that people have to   
   > put up with Windows, or invest in a Mac, to get their software choices.   
   >   
      
   The people who do it don't seem to think it's "too bad".   
      
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