The following question came in from a reader who happened to catch one of my posts on a programming email list. ==== As usual, I quite enjoy your detailed analysis coupled with historical contexts, since I learned my trade through those days (Sun SPARC workstations, VAX minicomputers running VMS, etc.). They are always entertaining, usually edifying, and sometimes nostalgic for me. :) I’m curious, though, about one particular point you made: Windows isn’t even going … Question From a ReaderRead more
Windows 10
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Blocking Windows 10
I’m basically recording this because I know at some point some relative will visit an antiques shop and while buying steel irons you had to heat on the stove to iron clothes with they will also purchase a computer so old it runs Windows. Talk about obsolete! Windows 10 is now being called Ransomware in many circles because Microsoft is forcing it out as an “update” and some things get trashed. What most vehemently offends … Blocking Windows 10Read more
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The Nextbook 10.1 From Wal-Mart
Let me start out by saying it is against my religion to purchase anything from Wal-mart. The client of a client wanted us to test our the software we were developing on a Nextbook Flexx. We already had a rash of hardware, desktops with Linux, Android devices, tablets, etc. so my client backed off on buying even more. Since I was coming home that weekend I offered to swing by China enslavement Inc. and pick … The Nextbook 10.1 From Wal-MartRead more