{"id":717,"date":"2007-09-16T19:45:17","date_gmt":"2007-09-17T02:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2007\/09\/16\/newsletter-407-preview-memo-to-pc-users-why-do-you-take-all-this-abuse\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T17:22:05","slug":"newsletter-407-preview-memo-to-pc-users-why-do-you-take-all-this-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2007\/09\/newsletter-407-preview-memo-to-pc-users-why-do-you-take-all-this-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #407 Preview: Memo to PC Users: Why Do You Take All This Abuse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I must admit that I am perhaps a little too tolerant of people who use Windows. 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They would simply raise the cost of their products or services, and you and I would foot the bill.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click here to read the rest of the story\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2007\/09\/16\/newsletter-issue-407\/#bill\"><strong>Story continued in this week&#8217;s Tech Night Owl Newsletter.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I must admit that I am perhaps a little too tolerant of people who use Windows. Yes, when the occasion arises, I do express the appropriate Mac preference, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wear an Apple logo on my sleeve. 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