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For the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processor - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

WordPad was always complete garbage lol, and the less preinstalled bloat the better.

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It was handy to have as a simple .doc/.docx/.rtf viewer. In my previous job, some of our teams would create documentation written in .docx (eg as part of a application package), or automatic reports generated as .rtf files, and WordPad enabled us to view these docs from secure, locked down servers, without needing to install any addition software (which would increase the attack surface and add unnecessary maintenence overhead).

With MS now getting rid of WordPad, I'd imagine it'll be a bit of a hassle - they would now have to switch to a different native file format (which would be a PITA to convert several hundreds existing files), or install a file viewer or some other app, which would add maintenance overhead.

WordPad wasn't bloat, it was a tiny, executable which didn't depend on any special dlls or frameworks.

You know what's actually bloat? Candy Crush, Bing, Ads in File Explorer and all that MS Store / UWP / "Modern UI" crap that MS keeps pushing out.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We are talking about bloat on windows? Really?

[–] mojo@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, unlike the operating system I use, which I use Linux btw.

[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Didn't have to wait long for you to tell us that. I also use Linux btw

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One day I'm gonna fuck you all up by releasing a Linux distro called BTW.

[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Please do. I haven't used Linux in years but would boot it off a USB for the lolz

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All these Linux users always feel the need to mention it.

I just started using Mint btw.

[–] tissek@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago

I use an Endeavour OS. So technically...

I use Arch BTW

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dots or it didn't happen

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I've moved on from the unix ricing days, but maybe I'll reinstall dwm or cwm