Mayayana wrote:

"VanguardLH" wrote
| Mayayana wrote:
|
| I just read that MS are planning to remove Paint
| and Wordpad. I guess that makes sense. It's a gradual
| transformation from a productivity device to a services
| kiosk. Happy shopping.
|
| I remember reading in the past about Microsoft removing Paint, but it
| remained. I don't recall seeing they were going to remove WordPad.
|

Actually I misspoke. I looked up the link to post and realized
that what they said is Paint and Wordpad will be removable,
not removed. And they'll be added to the store.

The same for the Mail, People, and Calendar apps bundled with Win10.
Maybe they noticed all the articles on how to use Powershell to remove
packages, so making an app uninstallable was a wasted effort to keep it
installed.

Interesting description you gave of Office. I knew about
MS Office. I knew about Office 365. I didn't know there
was a half-assed, free web portal office. I assume you're using
this stuff mostly out of curiosity.

Mostly I looked at using their online web apps via local app portal to
see how much they were usabled. Well, I had already used their online
web apps before and was disappointed, so no different using a portal to
them. I have trialed alternates of MS Office but gave up on them for
various reasons. I currently have LibreOffice installed but I'm getting
weary of digging around trying to find a function that's stuffed
somewhere that doesn't make sense. They tried adding their own ribbon
toolbar (aka ribbonbar) but it's not that intelligent and is beta. I
had Office 365 and might go back to it, as I find the Mail, Calendar,
and People WinRT/UWP apps to be just minimally acceptable. Now that
some others in the family are interested in getting later versions of MS
Office, the cost per person is lower than just me buying an Office 365.
Last time it took awhile to find a reputable seller but found someone at
eBay that sold the 1-year subscription cards at $33 apiece (I bought 3
to get a 3-year subscription term). I'm sure not paying Microsoft's $99
price per card per year. The 1 TB storage quota was nice, though.