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So going to be at the office ( sort of.. out at street level, cant go in, will have dog with me ) so i can drop off something and pick up one of those stupid ass usb-auth keys they now want people to use..
So i could let them know im there, i installed teams on my new phone. Freaking thing installed copilot too. wtf. go to freaking hell MS.
Ya. its removed. and so will teams go after im done, but this is really uncool.
( forgetting the theft of MSDos .. speaking purely of windows,
but even that, they 'used' IBM to get where they were, in that
case their 'market'.. )
Yeah, the same Microsoft-sycophant trade press that helped Billy-boy claim that "640K ought to be enough for anybody" is a myth, also helped bury the fact that Gary Kildall didn't blow off IBM, it was Bill's mom that had an inside track with IBM.
And yes, Microsoft screwed IBM twice, once with the non-exclusive DOS license that made clones possible, and again when they pulled out of the OS/2 project and swapped in Windows.
So i guess if you find a security flaw with MS, you have to keep your mouth shut or you lose all access, and get sued and attempt to have you arrested.
Not that it effects me, but i hear GitHub-copilot is moving away from a flat fee per month to use, to token based pricing. People are predicting their costs going from perhaps 50 a month to several thousand. "hey, use this and setup your workflows to rely on it for just a few dollars a month.... wait a little.....hahahah just kidding, now that you need it, pay up" sounds like a drug dealer to me.
This may backfire in the long run as its going to run off a lot of people. Most cant afford that, and the ones that can, wont need their 'services'.
Speaking of Microsoft being unspeakably evil:
[ https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/2062525865624211780 ]
On july 13, Microsoft is going to brick every copy of Office 2019 for Macintosh.
These were perpetual licenses. Every user who bought Office 2019 bought it with the implicit contract that it would continue working forever, even after its support date ran out.
But no, Microsoft won't tolerate users not upgrading. After july 13, every copy of Office 2019 will lose its ability to open new documents and to save documents. Users will only be able to read and print documents.
Oh but it's easy to fix: all you have to do is "upgrade" to the version that makes you pay, every month, forever.
Like I've been saying for decades: all Microsoft users are in an abusive relationship. They're not going to change.
They'll say "this time it's going to be different, baby! I promise!" but they're going to continue beating the crap out of you.
Not that i'm saying its ok to 'renege' on a lifetime contract like that, but to be fair, they are not they only ones that do it. But yes, its wrong and they should all burn for it.
Now, that said, I can understand after long enough... "sorry, its so old we really cant support you anymore and we cant give you patches and stuff, so you are on your own now" but, not killing off what you have. But then again, isn't that the true goal of cloud? To Lure you in.. and then once you are trapped, force the upgrade/subscription treadmill just to have basic functionality?
Once again, Microslop is lying, cheating, and stealing. Ironically, their CEO's first name translates to "truth".
At least Ballmer *knew* he was an asshole.
Spell check in OWA. Its back to automatically correcting typos, and now i get a 2 line popup "Spelling Correction, Open with left click bla bla" and it covers up 3 freaking lines of my text and i cant clear it. If you hit escape, like would be logical, it threatens to delete your entire draft. Had to add line returns to get my words to fall below the popup so i could finish my mail.
WTF Freaking morons.
Oh and teams web now has taken the route of ( about 2/3 of the time, not always, its inconsistent, making it even worse ) of locking a word when it does not like your spelling. You cant even click on it to edit. You have to click like 3 or 4 times to clear out the lock, or accept its ( often ) incorrect fix..
Sounds like they are starting to get desperate and trying win back customers they have ran off. And just like desperate people, desperate companies are even less trustworthy than successful ones... Watch your back if you are still using their crap.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/965090/microsoft-windows-11-search-menu-ads
TLDR; They are removing ads from various places ( like basic local search and web results )
Microsoft acts in Microsoft's best interest, 100% of the time.
Building a product that delights the user is an absolute last resort.
It's such a shame that ReactOS development moves at a glacial pace. If I recall correctly they are still struggling to achieve Vista compatibility. A crying shame; a finished ReactOS is something the world needs now more than ever.
Obviously I'm suuuuuuuper biased here so I'm probably missing it.
I tend to agree. ReactOS was a neat idea as a 'hacker project', but for 'production' a 'real' Linux with a 'real' windows subsystem would make more sense in the long run. Many more 'options', with far better hardware support, and better pathways to migrate away from the windows apps, which should be the end goal. And not building your infrastructure around a single project.. no matter how good the intent of the team, it increases risk.
Sun Jul 26 2026 07:54:56 EDT from IGnatius T FoobarIs it though? I'm struggling to imagine a use case where ReactOS would be indicated instead of an easy to use Linux with really good Windows compatibility.
Obviously I'm suuuuuuuper biased here so I'm probably missing it.
Ok, that was me, not her. lol
Sun Jul 26 2026 10:35:15 EDT from ZoeGraystoneI tend to agree. ReactOS was a neat idea as a 'hacker project', but for 'production' a 'real' Linux with a 'real' windows subsystem would make more sense in the long run. Many more 'options', with far better hardware support, and better pathways to migrate away from the windows apps, which should be the end goal. And not building your infrastructure around a single project.. no matter how good the intent of the team, it increases risk.
Sun Jul 26 2026 07:54:56 EDT from IGnatius T FoobarIs it though? I'm struggling to imagine a use case where ReactOS would be indicated instead of an easy to use Linux with really good Windows compatibility.
Obviously I'm suuuuuuuper biased here so I'm probably missing it.
for 'production' a 'real' Linux with a 'real' windows subsystem would
make more sense in the long run. Many more 'options', with far better
They could call it "Lindows"
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Good points. I was just thinking about how many businesses are dependent on Windows-only software. But now that I think about it improving Wine would be a better (in my opinion) approach to solving that problem.
A lot of them *could* migrate most of their application needs but dont, not 'cant'.. And so many are moving to web, your local OS is a wash. But yes, for those few items that you just cant find an alternative for, more funding to wine is the best route as at the least you can ditch everything else that isn't tied to Microsoft. ( i think ReactOS was piggybacking on wine from my understanding, but i could be mistaken )
Tue Jul 28 2026 18:20:51 EDT from SouthernComputerGeekGood points. I was just thinking about how many businesses are dependent on Windows-only software. But now that I think about it improving Wine would be a better (in my opinion) approach to solving that problem.
Now, of course, hardware support on Linux has been a "solved problem" for quite a long time. That's why Proton is built on top of Wine instead of ReactOS -- the kernel works. But hey, if they want to build a kernel, let them build a kernel! At this point it really looks more like a lab project than as an intended production replacement for Windows. And in that space it's kind of a fun little thing.