# Redmond's bold new strategy **URL:** \ **Category:** Other Software & Development\ **Tags:** os-related, microsoft\ **Created:** [April 30, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/redmonds-bold-new-strategy/153656 "2026-04-30T00:17:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![November\_Sierra](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/november_sierra/32/41086_2.png) [@November\_Sierra](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/November_Sierra)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/redmonds-bold-new-strategy/153656/1 "2026-04-30T00:17:35Z")
> “The new Start menu is said to respond up to 60 percent faster. **Microsoft is even _considering_ removing all advertising from the Start menu.** ” Source: [https://www.pcworld.com/article/3126651/microsofts-secret-windows-k2-project-aims-to-fix-what-users-hate-most.html](https://www.pcworld.com/article/3126651/microsofts-secret-windows-k2-project-aims-to-fix-what-users-hate-most.html) 😂 😂 😂 ---
**Author:** ![RevoTiLlor](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/revotillor/32/34863_2.png) [@RevoTiLlor](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/RevoTiLlor)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/redmonds-bold-new-strategy/153656/2 "2026-04-30T18:42:01Z")
Not a chance. I subscribe to (pay for) Microsoft 365. They’ve recently (for a week now) implemented an advert in the title bar of all their Apps inviting me to upgrade. Co-pilot has been removed from the ribbon and now floats. The relentless intrusion never ceases to disgust me. Oh, and the Start Menu implemented a demented version of a phone floating alongside the Start Menu and shoved every app you’ve never wanted into the Start Menu. I feel lucky, I found a way to shred every useless piece of crap. ---
**Author:** ![RevoTiLlor](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/revotillor/32/34863_2.png) [@RevoTiLlor](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/RevoTiLlor)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/redmonds-bold-new-strategy/153656/3 "2026-04-30T18:50:44Z")
> [@November\_Sierra](#): > > Microsoft is even _considering_ removing all advertising from the Start menu. Microsoft Marketing obviously took PC World staff out for drinks. ---
**Author:** ![piivonen](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@piivonen](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/piivonen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/redmonds-bold-new-strategy/153656/4 "2026-04-30T18:53:48Z")
> so reliable that a restart is only required once a month And they think that’s something to be proud of? I ran my Debian desktop for years until one day when I was leaving for a holiday, I decided to shut the machine down and give it a rest. Closest to reboot there ever is is to log out of the desktop session after graphics driver update. ---
**Author:** ![cleverThylacine](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@cleverThylacine](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/cleverThylacine)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/redmonds-bold-new-strategy/153656/5 "2026-08-03T10:15:08Z")
I bought the last available version of MS Office that you can own. I refuse to subscribe to things like that. I don’t want all the new AI khrappe anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Twolane](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@Twolane](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Twolane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/redmonds-bold-new-strategy/153656/6 "2026-08-03T11:30:42Z")
For those of you wanting a legal, single downloadable copy (Mac/Windows) of MSWord/Excel, stacksocial dot com has regular sales for those two products. You need to provide an outlook or hotmail address to get the serial number. The Mac 2021 version recently highlighted was 49 bucks. Be sure to read the entire presentation for details. ---
**Author:** ![piivonen](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@piivonen](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/piivonen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/redmonds-bold-new-strategy/153656/7 "2026-08-03T14:01:12Z")
There are quite a few sites that sell the licenses, they are all legal (the Volume Licence keys are a grey area though). > In July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in Case C-128/11 (_UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp_) that the resale of software licences is legal under EU law, even when the original licence agreement says otherwise. The court ruling: [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A62011CJ0128](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A62011CJ0128) You can find a summary of it here: [Reselling used software licences – new ruling from the European Court | Clarion](https://www.clarionsolicitors.com/articles/reselling-used-software-licences-new-ruling-from-the-european-court) It’s always a good idea to do research of the site selling the keys before ordering, just in case.