The last post is the WINNER!

[Wu Wei]

This one is for @Wu Wei

I shall copy that and post it on a cabinet in my office

 

[Wu Wei]

Looks like the bear is up to his old tricks again: Watch: Bear beats the heat in California home's backyard pool - UPI.com

 

[sun rise]

We have to deal with a computer for a group we're in... Windows 11 got downloaded onto it, and now none of us can figure it out to use it(so we've been ignoring it).

If you start by thinking that W11 involves more control by Microsoft, less functionality (for your own good because you can't handle complexity), making it uglier to force you into a monthly "windows as a service" and to make it easier to deliver ads then you're on the right track.

 

[Wu Wei]

If you start by thinking that W11 involves more control by Microsoft, less functionality (for your own good because you can't handle complexity), making it uglier to force you into a monthly "windows as a service" and to make it easier to deliver ads then you're on the right track.

I have not look into Win11 much, but this is not surprising....are you talking Home or Enterprise?

I still do full, I own them, installs of office, but MS REALLY wants you do do the cloud based monthly payment plan and I REALLY don't want to do the cloud based monthly payment plan

 

[sun rise]

I have not look into Win11 much, but this is not surprising....are you talking Home or Enterprise?

I still do full, I own them, installs of office, but MS REALLY wants you do do the cloud based monthly payment plan and I REALLY don't want to do the cloud based monthly payment plan

Professional which is 'home' + the ability to join a domain. Not enterprise which is for big companies that are powerful enough for Microsoft to not inflict a lot of the crap on them that they do on the rest.

 

[sun rise]

I REALLY don't want to do the cloud based monthly payment plan

I have Quicken 2017 and have avoided any later versions for just that reason. But they have made it impossible to install that on new computers so my wife needs to use mine for her checkbook balancing. There are sadly no really good alternatives that I've.

2023 we see replaced "I owe my soul to the company store" with "I owe my soul to the monthly payment plan"

 

[Wu Wei]

Professional which is 'home' + the ability to join a domain. Not enterprise which is for big companies that are powerful enough for Microsoft to not inflict a lot of the crap on them that they do on the rest.

Professional also has a few other options too, but I am use to enterprise, I run it whenever and wherever I can

 

[Wu Wei]

I have Quicken 2017 and have avoided any later versions for just that reason. But they have made it impossible to install that on new computers so my wife needs to use mine for her checkbook balancing. There are sadly no really good alternatives that I've.

2023 we see replaced "I owe my soul to the company store" with "I owe my soul to the monthly payment plan"

Just like Adobe. Anything but Reader is all cloud based now. And Adobe has another great function. If you install something but don't use it, Adobe will do you a favor by uninstalling it. And if you do not update it, they will do you another favor by disabling it... Adobe is one of the few companies I dislike more than Microsoft

 

[ChristineM]

Being no longer tied in to Adobe is a win to end all wins

 

[ChristineM]

Actually the same applies to Autodesk too, another great win

 

[ChristineM]

And now da... da... dah... Its sleepy time.

Goodnight everyone, sleep well, i will

 

[John53]

Just like Adobe. Anything but Reader is all cloud based now. And Adobe has another great function. If you install something but don't use it, Adobe will do you a favor by uninstalling it. And if you do not update it, they will do you another favor by disabling it... Adobe is one of the few companies I dislike more than Microsoft

I would like to nominate this for post of the year.

 

[John53]

There should be some sort of government enquiry into this practise of renting software.

 

[sun rise]

Professional also has a few other options too, but I am use to enterprise, I run it whenever and wherever I can

Enterprise is a monthly subscription AFAIK.

 

[sun rise]

Just like Adobe. Anything but Reader is all cloud based now. And Adobe has another great function. If you install something but don't use it, Adobe will do you a favor by uninstalling it. And if you do not update it, they will do you another favor by disabling it... Adobe is one of the few companies I dislike more than Microsoft

We have Adobe CS6 at home, the last purchasable version.

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Wu Wei]

Enterprise is a monthly subscription AFAIK.

Not for us, we buy licenses.

 

[sun rise]

Not for us, we buy licenses.

You're special

 

[Wu Wei]

You're special

We're the government... although I will tell you Adobe doesn't care

 

[Stevicus]