Subj : Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
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Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
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On 12/20/2012 4:21 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:11:31 -0800 (PST), Greegor
> <greegor47@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Why are so many people posting ways
>> to turn off cutesy parts of Win 8 and
>> band-aid the shortcomings to make it functional?
>
> Someone asked, someone answered. That's how newsgroups are supposed to
> work.
>
>> It's like a whole lot of making excuses!
>
> No, it's just a few people who are afraid of change, asking how to
> make a new OS look more like an old OS.
>


And - what it's going to cost to replace all the current software
with new stuff that does less.  At least that has been my experience
with OS upgrades.

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