Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Apr 25 2022 13:07:33

 Ni>  Ar> I think purchasing certain programs is an exercise in masochism. Wind
 Ni>  Ar> just happens to be one of them, specially since, as pointdexer has po
 Ni>  Ar> out, it is so easy to get from, an OEM licensor.
 Ni> 
 Ni> I may have missed that post, but I'm not really sure what that means.  I
 Ni> often like building my own desktop PC, and by doing that, I'm not just
 Ni> going to get Windows, since I didn't buy an off-the-shelf PC.  I don't
 Ni> know why it would seem like masochism to buy a copy of Windows when
 Ni> building a PC..  And you can buy OEM copies of Windows - I bought mine
 Ni> this way:
 Ni> 
 Ni> https://www.newegg.com/microsoft-windows-11-pro/p/N82E16832350882
 Ni> 
 Ni> You can also buy it as just a keycode that they email to you:
 Ni> 
 Ni> https://www.newegg.com/microsoft-windows-11-pro-64-bit/p/N82E16832351191
 Ni> 
 Ni> Nightfox

I was looking for a laptop, refurbished.  Very difficult to get one without Windows.  It is masochism paying for someone you're just going to delete.

That is another thing Linux can do that Windows cant, not force you to pay the MS tax.

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