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Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They were the best Windows versions, but Microsoft was not cool. They were still monopolistic and anti-competitive as fuck. They still actively killed smaller companies, they still bribed politicians, etc.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I will grant you that I may be reflecting my oppinion on XP and 7 on Microsoft as a whole.