Back to the Future - MS Edition
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Oh Wow, I forgot about that I bought the Vortrax chip (I think it was about $65 a lot for the mid 80's) wire wrapped a S100 Board with an ADC and an RTC and had a talking Clock as well as a talking voltmeter The system also greeted me on Powerup. You can Thank the movie 2001 and the HAL 9000 for some of the that went into that system.
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That's my problem with all major version Windows upgrades. I'm all for the additional security, support for new devices and device types, etc., but why do they have to mess around with the UI? :mad: (I don't mean the way things look; I mean the keyboard shortcuts, context menus, placement of options in "Settings", etc.)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
What about if the changes were deliberate - and done to draw attention away from less annoying changes, that were more important to Microsoft's long-term strategy. Changes like gradually moving things more and more into the cloud. Like trying so hard to prevent local accounts on Windows 11. What about if giving these things back after a few weeks made people feel good about Microsoft again? Definitely becoming paranoid in my old age.
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What about if the changes were deliberate - and done to draw attention away from less annoying changes, that were more important to Microsoft's long-term strategy. Changes like gradually moving things more and more into the cloud. Like trying so hard to prevent local accounts on Windows 11. What about if giving these things back after a few weeks made people feel good about Microsoft again? Definitely becoming paranoid in my old age.
Everything you say is possible. MS presumably earns quite a bit from its "cloud" storage, and would like to increase that. I believe, however, that they reversed themselves on local accounts etc. after the outcry from their clients, which just shows good business sense; there is no need to assume benevolence or anything else on MS's part. As for your paranoia, even paranoiacs have enemies. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.