Subj : Re: negate the new Win11 To : Barry Martin From : Ky Moffet Date : Tue Dec 30 2025 16:56:00 BARRY MARTIN wrote: > -=> AUGUST ABOLINS wrote to ALL and Ky.Moffet > > > > -- now that we have near-universal broadband, > > Microsoft's old wet dream of Windows by Subscription is > > becoming practical. Enterprise business welcomes this, > > because it offloads a huge amount of liability and expense. > > They are Microsoft's real customers. Home users are not > > customers, we are a support cost.. > > I half-figure us individual end-users are the experimental group: we > have the most variety and mish-mash of hardware + software, so if the OS > portion works for us should work for business. Yeah, figure that's the main reason they don't entirely give us the boot. > AA> Businesses should consider linux, imho. The costs could then be > AA> less! :D > > AFAIK not required to upgrade the hardware constantly! That's a huge > savings right there! Except when you get sued for not using supported devices. There's where business is presently at: any device or software has to be officially supported (even if that's a third party support contract) because otherwise you open yourself to liability lawsuits. So perfectly good hardware gets replaced when it goes out of warranty support, and software by subscription was a huge relief because no more worrying about being in compliance -- THAT liability is now all on the software vendor. My sister's architecture firm (she's effectively second in command, and they have offices worldwide) won't even keep a car or a phone that's no longer under warranty. If they design a building and something goes wrong and the building falls down, even if it's NOT THEIR FAULT -- if the chain of liability lands on, say, an outdated version of AutoCAD, that is out of compliance with industry standards, and that will get them soaked in court to the tune of billions of dollars. Same with computer hardware. Or phones, or cars, or anything else. > The store I worked for did switch to Linux for the point of sale > systems. After the conversion I was part of the group to open the > registers and make sure everything looked OK. All we were told is > there's a new system installed. ....Why does this look familiar?? > ..Oh!!!! :) The registers did have a major boost in response! I doubt it was due to linux, which until you get to the Win10 era, generally needed more hardware under it than Windows did to have the same performance for the same task. But removing cruft, or updating the network connection..... You hear the opposite, but I have done straight-across compares on the same hardware, multiple times. And there are distros that make Win10 look snappy... linux performance is much more constrained by hardware I/O and bus speed. Or why Win10 on spinning rust is fine, but linux on the same disk is sluggish. > > The problem with embedded AI is that it has to consult the > > cloud to generate its responses. Naturally that also > > generates data, similar to that from using Google (which > > tracks you like nothing else). > AA> Yep. It's a sad commentary. > > So I have a question: what happens when one can't connect for whatever > reason? ...Oh yeah: nothing! Just like when AWS goes down, MS 365, > someone does an upgrade at the ISPs and crashes the system. There is the problem with all mandatory online everything, not only AI but also software as a service and product activation... what happens when there is no internet? or when the activation server dies and isn't replaced? (I'm lookin' at you, Adobe.) That is in fact a good reason to use an activation crack (when one exists) even on legit-purchased software. > .. In the English language nothing starts with 'n' and ends with 'g'. A narrating clearly necessitating a course in remedial English, for one who doesn't put nutmeg in their hot cocoa. But sure is nosing around memes online....perhaps their brain suffered a necrotizing infection. https://word-lists.com/word-lists/list-of-words-starting-with-n-and-ending-with-g/ þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .