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slightlv

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18. When I need something that my old software

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 01:33 AM

Dec 30

doesn't provide, Libre is what I go to, as well. I had an ace in the hole with MS, tho... I've never paid a retail cost for it. For schools, government agencies, etc., there used to be a program that allowed you to buy the latest copy for $10.00. THAT was where I bought my (now old) copy. Even under this program, I refused to buy into the subscription routine. I don't like "leasing" things... not cars and certainly not software. To me, what you can "connect to" can easily be what you "can no longer connect to" at the whim of someone you've never nor will ever see. I feel the same way about right to repair. If I bought something out right, then I should be able to fix it, repair it, or change it as I see fit (the latter perhaps diminished by no right to "sell" the copy with changes.. but I can understand the authorship issues inherent in that.).

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