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From: Char Jackson 
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Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:54:56 -0500, knuttle
 wrote:

>I am not against new things in the operating system. In fact I was using 
>OS/2 when most people were extolling the virtue of the first version of 
>Windows. Why because it was far superior to Windows.
>
>I gladly upgraded to XP as it was based on part of the code that made 
>OS/2 far superior and stable.
>
>However, why should I get excited about upgrading to a system that 
>assumes I am using a touch screen on my computer?

That explains a lot about your attitude. You seem to have completely
ignored the multiple mentions of being able to avoid the modern UI and
using a standard desktop.
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