dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square429linkfedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down122cross-posted to: sysadmin@lemmy.worldtaqueros@mujico.orgtechnology@lemmit.onlinehackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partymicrosoft@lemmy.worldtech@pawb.social
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square429linkfedilinkcross-posted to: sysadmin@lemmy.worldtaqueros@mujico.orgtechnology@lemmit.onlinehackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partymicrosoft@lemmy.worldtech@pawb.social
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·3 years ago“No one’s paying for Microsoft Word, that thing that used to be free so… We gotta kill this so people too fucking stupid to use Libre Office get on board.”
minus-squareandysteakfries@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 years agoWeb-based Word is free.
minus-squareowiseedoubleyou@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 years agoBut it’s shit.
minus-squarefloppydisk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoYeah, every time I’ve used word online it seems to find a new way to completely fuck up the document
minus-squareMorcyphr@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoAnd you must create a Microsoft account
minus-squareuberkalden@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoLol, you think MS is doing this to cash in on the huge Wordpad market?
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoThey’re doing it because why support the free word processor when they could just support the non-free one?
“No one’s paying for Microsoft Word, that thing that used to be free so… We gotta kill this so people too fucking stupid to use Libre Office get on board.”
Web-based Word is free.
But it’s shit.
Yeah, every time I’ve used word online it seems to find a new way to completely fuck up the document
And you must create a Microsoft account
Wh… No it isn’t.
Lol, you think MS is doing this to cash in on the huge Wordpad market?
They’re doing it because why support the free word processor when they could just support the non-free one?