12 November 2026

Do You Own It?

If you can't run it offline, you don't own a copy.

If the failure of someone else's computer takes it offline, you're renting it.

A good sized chunk of the nation got an object lesson in this today! 

Posted by Angus McThag at 15:48
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous12 November, 2026 20:24

    use it at work because i have to...been using libreoffice for years...really don't even have a use for that anymore...panzer guy

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  2. SiGraybeard13 November, 2026 10:43

    This goes for SO much in our day-to-day lives. I have an iPhone and its operating system is programmed to get you to use their backup iCloud. First law is "the cloud" is just someone else's computer. How do you know that one doesn't go down like that email computer?

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