Subj : Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
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From: Char Jackson <none@none.invalid>
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:52:05 -0500, knuttle
<keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 12/22/2012 10:17 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:54:56 -0500, knuttle
>> <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I am not against new things in the operating system. In fact I was using
>>> OS/2 when most people were extolling the virtue of the first version of
>>> Windows. Why because it was far superior to Windows.
>>>
>>> I gladly upgraded to XP as it was based on part of the code that made
>>> OS/2 far superior and stable.
>>>
>>> However, why should I get excited about upgrading to a system that
>>> assumes I am using a touch screen on my computer?
>>
>> That explains a lot about your attitude. You seem to have completely
>> ignored the multiple mentions of being able to avoid the modern UI and
>> using a standard desktop.
>>
>
>Blinded by your opinion, you missed the hole point of what I wrote

I was specifically responding to your final paragraph and only left
the rest in for context. If your "hole point" (sic) wasn't captured by
that paragraph, then I indeed missed it.

In case I need to spell it out, Win 8 *doesn't* assume that you're
using a touch screen, at least not in the way that I think you mean
it.
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