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Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Unclear why anyone is trusting @microsoft.com to do the right thing, ever.

AFL-CIO Tech Institute@aflciotech.bsky.social

Congrats @microsoft.com, @aft.org, and @uft.org on collaborating to forge enforceable standards for privacy, transparency and human oversight to protect students and educators. When companies listen to workers and commit to building responsible technology, everybody benefits. https://bit.ly/3UAborz

aft.orgAFT, UFT and Microsoft Announce ‘National AI Safety & Privacy Standard' for Schools to Protect Students, Families and EducatorsNEW YORK--After months of intense negotiations and in the absence of any meaningful federal and state rules governing artificial intelligence in schools, AFT President Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, and Micros...
Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Microsoft deactivated my supposedly lifetime Office 2016 installation. Why should I trust they’ll adhere to other promises?

Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Sorry, Office 2019. And they’ll probably do the same thing to my Office 2021 installation soon!

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You May Whistle For Me
@youmaywhistle.bsky.social

Huh, mine from 2019 still works. Dunno if that means there's a way to get yours back or if my days are numbered, as I will not be purchasing the current infected version and there's no way in hell I am leasing this software. Looks like another attempt at coping with LibreOffice may be in my future?

Greg Pak
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Greg Pak@gregpak.net

That site says "All of your Office 2021 apps may continue to function" after they stop supporting it. Emphasis on "MAY." As I recall and this reddit user notes, the Microsoft website used to say "WILL." www.reddit.com/r/microsofto...