Subj : negate the new Win11 To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Dec 31 2025 08:14:00 Hi Ky! > > -- 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. KM> Yeah, figure that's the main reason they don't entirely give us KM> the boot. We serve a purpose: guinea pigs!! > 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! KM> Except when you get sued for not using supported devices. From a causual look the 'supported devices' seem fairly generous: CPU of at least x generation, RAM of y amount. ...Suppose that rapidly gets a lot more specific when it comes to the motherboard, video card and monitor, peripherals like bar code scanners..... KM> There's where business is presently at: any device or software KM> has to be officially supported (even if that's a third party KM> support contract) because otherwise you open yourself to KM> liability lawsuits. So perfectly good hardware gets replaced when KM> it goes out of warranty support, and software by subscription was KM> a huge relief because no more worrying about being in compliance KM> -- THAT liability is now all on the software vendor. The laywers are making all kinds of money! KM> My sister's architecture firm (she's effectively second in KM> command, and they have offices worldwide) won't even keep a car KM> or a phone that's no longer under warranty. If they design a KM> building and something goes wrong and the building falls down, KM> even if it's NOT THEIR FAULT -- if the chain of liability lands KM> on, say, an outdated version of AutoCAD, that is out of KM> compliance with industry standards, and that will get them soaked KM> in court to the tune of billions of dollars. Same with computer KM> hardware. Or phones, or cars, or anything else. Yes, between saving a thousand dollars for new computer stuff and getting socked billions for keeping it I think the answer is clear: we get to buy refurbished stuff!! > 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! KM> I doubt it was due to linux, which until you get to the Win10 KM> era, generally needed more hardware under it than Windows did to KM> have the same performance for the same task. But removing cruft, KM> or updating the network connection..... I'm thinking it was removal of the cruft, a portion of which was due to switching the system from Microsoft to Linux: they had to rewrite/update a ton of programmes which that in itself probably cleared out a bunch of junk. I don't know the details of which Microsoft version, which Linux version, etc., but from the looks of the boot it was an old Windows and a reasonably new Linux. KM> You hear the opposite, but I have done straight-across compares KM> on the same hardware, multiple times. And there are distros that KM> make Win10 look snappy... linux performance is much more KM> constrained by hardware I/O and bus speed. Or why Win10 on KM> spinning rust is fine, but linux on the same disk is sluggish. I haven't played like that but makes sense. My _extremely_ limited experiences between Windows and Linux were Linux was either faster or about the same. And I need to note this comparison was done decades ago. > > 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. KM> There is the problem with all mandatory online everything, not KM> only AI but also software as a service and product activation... KM> what happens when there is no internet? or when the activation KM> server dies and isn't replaced? (I'm lookin' at you, Adobe.) That KM> is in fact a good reason to use an activation crack (when one KM> exists) even on legit-purchased software. Yup: had that with my old X10 utility ActiveHome Pro. Company essentially folded (portions remained) but the call-in-to-see-if- legitimately-registered-software portion was broken. Good news: worked until until reboot or worked until tried to change something, I forgot which. Someone did create a bypass. > .. In the English language nothing starts with 'n' and ends with 'g'. KM> A narrating clearly necessitating a course in remedial English, KM> for one who doesn't put nutmeg in their hot cocoa. But sure is KM> nosing around memes online....perhaps their brain suffered a KM> necrotizing infection. Did you miss 'nothing'?! KM> https://word-lists.com/word-lists/list-of-words-starting-with-n-an KM> d-ending-with KM> g/ Good grief! Now I'm wondering if there is a site dedicated to words rhyming with 'orange'! ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... 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