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To: Don Green who wrote (108148)	4/11/2021 2:43:02 PM
From: goldworldnet	4 Recommendations Recommended By kidl sm1th steve harris Zen Dollar Round Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110581

I do have at least one unused Win7Pro license left. But Microsoft will never get me to pay rent. * * *

To: Don Green who wrote (108148)	4/11/2021 2:56:23 PM
From: kidl	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 110581

Yup, you are correct. The subscription model will likely become the new "normal". It's just another step in the forever increase in consumer debt. Saving up and paying cash for anything is so "yesterday". I can't shake the feeling that only "Mafiosis and drug dealers" use actual cash while everyone else including our governments uses "future / yet to be earned" money. Just looking at the idiotically expensive credit card / car / whatever debt so many people carry makes my head spin. Call me old fashioned, call me a dino ... I despise personal debt / endless ongoing personal obligations.

To: Don Green who wrote (108148)	4/11/2021 4:55:05 PM
From: sm1th	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110581

but I expect in the near future, there will be a subscription vs a license for Windows and Apple OS which will push many private users and nearly all business to Linux.