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They shall learn from the masters (Microsoft): a pirated version shall be easily available, else people will use alternatives.
by hulitu 8mo ago
They shall learn from the masters (Microsoft): a pirated version shall be easily available, else people will use alternatives.
- lproven 8mo ago> They shall learn from the masters (Microsoft): a pirated version shall be easily available I think you mean "should" not "shall". Shall: this is a prediction of the future; this will happen. Should: this is a recommendation; this is a desirable alternative; this ought to happen. What you wrote is literally incorrect at present. But if I am right, you meant: "They should learn from the masters (Microsoft): a pirated version should be easily available." In which case, you're probably right. IBM OS/2 is easily available, right up to Warp Server for eBusiness 4.52, the final IBM version. Also, the first attempt to revive OS/2 is readily available -- eComStation 2.1 is on the Internet Archive. I installed it on a Thinkpad X61 tablet. It worked. I used all 32-bit releases of OS/2 and paid for the first couple (2.0 and 2.1) with my own cash, which I have never done with any other proprietary OS before or since. I knew OS/2 pretty damned well. I am not skilled enough to get Firefox 45 to install on eComStation. I spent days on it. Arca Noae really knows its stuff. Footnote I am a TEFL/TESOL teacher but not a linguist. I think that the way you use "shall" might have been a valid meaning up until roughly 100 years ago. I am not an expert on historical English usage. However, if you learned from very dated materials, this mistake would make more sense.