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Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (10 children)

"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."

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[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I can see truth to either position presented in these comments, but I don't like being a fence sitter. That being said, I would think making it available but not mandatory would satisfy both opinions, right? Making it unavailable altogether is a move that seems to have an ulterior motive.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't be upset if they just put it on the Windows store.

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[–] elshanerino@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

eh, there's plenty of tools out there like notepad++, atom, obsidian, etc.

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