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Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95 (gadgettendency.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95::Microsoft has begun getting rid of another veteran application in its proprietary operating system. The company has released a new test build of Windows 11

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[–] lawrence 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So the next Windows won't come with any text editor unless you pay extra for Word?

[–] kn33 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It'll have notepad

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Notepad with AI, so you can continue to not use Notepad, but with AI.

[–] lawrence 8 points 9 months ago

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There’s still notepad, but Windows 11 office suite is already subscription only. They’re only taking wordpad out so people who don’t know better are pushed to buy in to the racket.

[–] LemmyIsFantastic -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Nope. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/get-started-with-office-2021

$250 USD for the core apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I genuinely couldn’t find this, thanks.