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  • Re: 365 dies on W10

    From T@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 17 15:28:43 2025
    On 1/17/25 3:25 PM, T wrote:
    Hi Matt,

    When W10 goes out of support, Office 365 dies:

    https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344209/microsoft-365-office-apps- windows-10-end-of-support

    The is the problem with "rent-ware".  I do believe this mainly
    affect you and Max.  As far as I know, everyone else if
    using the actual version.

    M$ wants everyone on W11 and is playing hard ball.  This
    is becasue W11 is where they are installing both CoPilot
    and Recall and they want your data desperately to sell.

    -T



    Disregard. I forgot to change my sender address.

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  • From T@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 17 15:25:04 2025
    Hi Matt,

    When W10 goes out of support, Office 365 dies:

    https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344209/microsoft-365-office-apps-windows-10-end-of-support

    The is the problem with "rent-ware". I do believe this mainly
    affect you and Max. As far as I know, everyone else if
    using the actual version.

    M$ wants everyone on W11 and is playing hard ball. This
    is becasue W11 is where they are installing both CoPilot
    and Recall and they want your data desperately to sell.

    -T

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 17 20:30:15 2025
    On Fri, 1/17/2025 6:25 PM, T wrote:
    Hi Matt,

    When W10 goes out of support, Office 365 dies:

    https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344209/microsoft-365-office-apps-windows-10-end-of-support

    The is the problem with "rent-ware".  I do believe this mainly
    affect you and Max.  As far as I know, everyone else if
    using the actual version.

    M$ wants everyone on W11 and is playing hard ball.  This
    is becasue W11 is where they are installing both CoPilot
    and Recall and they want your data desperately to sell.

    -T


    That's not it at all. They want you on W11, so they can
    bundle CoPilot AI <insert name of SKU> with the Office 365 offering and
    raise the price for it. Call it "O365-Greased-Rail".

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/its-official-all-your-office-apps-are-getting-ai-and-a-price-increase/

    "Copilot AI features, along with a price increase of at least 30%"

    And if they want to do that, the ingredients may already
    be on a W10 install. And then later, on a W11 install.

    "I see you're writing a ransom note. Need some help ???"
    "Here, let me open Word for you."

    Paul

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  • From John Hall@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Jan 18 10:35:00 2025
    In message <vmeosg$9d6i$[email protected]>, T <[email protected]d> writes
    Hi Matt,

    When W10 goes out of support, Office 365 dies:

    https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344209/microsoft-365-office-apps-wi >ndows-10-end-of-support

    The is the problem with "rent-ware". I do believe this mainly
    affect you and Max. As far as I know, everyone else if
    using the actual version.

    M$ wants everyone on W11 and is playing hard ball. This
    is becasue W11 is where they are installing both CoPilot
    and Recall and they want your data desperately to sell.

    -T


    I imagine that LibreOffice will continue to work. I've been using it and
    its predecessor, OpenOffice, for 15 years or more, and don't recall ever
    having had any problems. I think it supports all Office 365 document
    formats, though I've never had cause to use it for anything other than
    word processing and spreadsheets.
    --
    John Hall
    "I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
    will hardly mind anything else."
    Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)

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