Re: """Standard""" software (was: Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon)

On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:22:31 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2026-06-26, Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Microsloth Windoze and Orifice have unfortunately been basically
>> business standards for multiple decades now. Word was first released in
>> 1983 and "Office" (with Excel, etc.) in 1989.
> 
> Don't forget Outlook - which is more correctly pronounced "Look out!"
> It is the biggest disease vector for top-posting.

Then there was Outlook Express that had absolutely nothing to do with 
Outlook except a vague UX similarity. For all its warts Outlook was COM 
based and you could make it do tricks be calling the exposed methods, 
which were somewhat documented.