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Re:I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone by alsetmusic on Monday December 22, 2025 @10:39AM (#46354979)
> Also, a company requiring to run Microsoft software is probably also a bad place to work in other regards.

My current employer is so great that I have casually mentioned that I might stay until I retire a bunch of times since joining. I've never said that about any other job. We have Word because there are industry requirements that it meets in terms of formatting legal documents. Can other apps supplant it? Possibly, but no one is spending the time and money to find out and it's not my decision to make.

I understand the motivation of the statement, but it's a fallacy.

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Re:I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone by neilv on Monday December 22, 2025 @09:03PM (#46361598)
You just described an exceptionally good place to work (because, how many places would an employee casually mention a bunch of times that they might stay until retirement).

Congrats on findind that situation, but I don't think it's evidence of fallacy of my statement.

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