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End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? (endof10.org)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Neil Stephenson's "In the Beginning... Was the Command Line" (1999) touches on this. He compares Microsoft to a station wagon vs Linux as a free tank. People keep buying the station wagon because no-one wants to learn how to drive a tank, even if it's free. (Apple is a luxury car in his analogy.)

My first computer ran on MS-DOS, and I've seen Windows hiding DOS deeper and deeper behind the GUI. And now AI... ugh. I've been tinkering with Linux on old laptops so I'm ready for the move, it's just finding the time.