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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Nov 2014

    Seriously, though, every freaking time I boot up Windows I’m sure my blood pressure peaks & I lose a few years of life.

    1:49 AM - 30 Nov 2014
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      2. Phil D Hall‏ @phildhall 30 Nov 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral - The platform is not the point. it is what you do there that is. Turning on osx makes me just as furious, tools are tools.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Nov 2014
        Replying to @phildhall

        @phildhall The platform is the point. The hardware is the point. The services are the point. The combination is the point. It all matters.

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      4. Phil D Hall‏ @phildhall 30 Nov 2014
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        @aral ind.ie platform is the point. You aren't making a Triumph vs, Norton argument out of MS vs, Apple, true?

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      1. Marc Scott‏ @Coding2Learn 30 Nov 2014
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        @aral I'm forced to use Windows at school for some non X platform admin apps. Each time I feel like I'm about to have an asthma attack

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      1. Phil Nash‏ @phil_nash 1 Dec 2014
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        @aral me too - but I have to work with it all day every day!

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      1. (-(-_(-_-)_-)-)‏ @jordila_ 30 Nov 2014
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        @aral ... me too i feel like coming back to the Stone Era, Windows delayed lke 20 years the whole Internet and Computing development.#Byebye

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      1. Miloš Miljković‏ @miishke 30 Nov 2014
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        @aral I feel for you! Haven’t touched a Windows machine in 20 months & really don’t miss the “experience”. Having to support it really sucks

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      1. Joshua Strobl‏ @JoshStrobl 30 Nov 2014
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        @aral I think you are making the right decision to support Windows. As annoying as I know it is, fact is it has the largest market share.

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      1. 'ingie‏ @yngling 30 Nov 2014
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        @aral it's those times when you shut it down, and you're in a hurry... and it then says "please wait an hour while we install updates"

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      2. Ana Tudor  🐯‏ @anatudor 30 Nov 2014
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        @aral Is this about the UI? About the fact that it decides for you what apps you'll be using and that everything you'll do will be online?

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      3. Ana Tudor  🐯‏ @anatudor 30 Nov 2014
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        @aral Those are the things that bother me (though to be fair, Windows isn't the only one these days).

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