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Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 3 years ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world [S] 38 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Lemmy and other Fediverse sites tend to attract folks who prefer FOSS. Early Reddit was that way too!

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[–] DarienGS@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

It's not just preferring FOSS, though – it's as if people have to publicly perform their hatred of Microsoft.

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[–] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

thats what anger does usually

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[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 3 years ago

Pillorying Microsoft has been a FOSS tradition for decades

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