Subj : Re: Never do a system full update at nig
To   : Nick Andre
From : Shawn Highfield
Date : Wed Jul 14 2021 04:07:19

-=> Nick Andre wrote to Lux <=-

 NA> I'm not sure I agree here because Microsoft hasn't made that much money
 NA> with Windows as they used to these days. People use computers much
 NA> differently now... no more buying and installing software; people just

The VM that runs the BBS is still running windows 10 un activated.  Been that
way for over a year.  Why?  When I installed it and activated it on my VM it
was fine, but when I moved it to Brad's house he converted it to QEMU and 
M$ won't reactivate.

 NA> go online and use whatever social or cloud services. Most people can
 NA> pick up a cheap Chromebook and be happy with it. Microsoft knows this
 NA> and isn't stupid.

This is a cheap chromebook.  Granted I hacked some linux on there so I could
use Magiterm, Multimail and VNC.  

 NA> The real moneymaker for them is Office 365 and Server/Enterprise
 NA> products which have mostly been good. They pretty much wrote off the
 NA> phone business.

Andrea used to be a big office 365 user, but most of her classes were done
in google, so she switched to that.

Shawn

.... Bowlers do it with bigger balls, and a finger in each hole!

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