Subj : Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
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Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
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In message <jtj6d89n9i8rd7ghrl5ta1ifd50t1kuedk@4ax.com>, robot chicken 
<rbc@rbc.net.invalid> writes:
>On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:22:47 -0500, knuttle
><keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>On 12/20/2012 10:50 AM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
[]
>>> Download and install Start8. That's one of its options.
>>>
>>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP
>>>
>>
>>
>>Is this available on the Microsoft website?

It does seem rather like the way privatisation has worked (in the UK) - 
you now have to pay extra (OK, in this case, or hunt for the free 
alternative) for what used to be included.
>
>You bring up a great point. With so much information available now,
>what we really need is some kind of search engine to help us locate
>what we're looking for. Someone should create something like that.
>They could give it a unique but made up name, like Google, and they
>could place it at an obvious address like www.google.com. Oh wait,
>someone already did that! Never mind.
>
Or a system whereby like-minded users could get together to help each 
other with common problems; you could call it usenet, and group the 
threads into areas with common interests, and call them newsgroups. Oh 
wait ...
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