To save vertical space. But bigger and more pixel rich monitors took care of that.

My funniest use of a vertical taskbar was for a cousin who broke the upper left corner of his laptop's LCD. Vertical taskbar + Wider taskbar saved that laptop from the scrap heap, as the crack only obscured the start button and some pinned crap.

I did not caught on to Sysadmins moving the taskbars around so that when they remoted into machines, they knew, at a glance, exactly where were they (taskbar on the left: My machine, taskbar on the bottom, user machine, taskbar on the right: server, taskbar on the top, VERY SPECIAL MACHINE HANDLE WITH CARE).

But these are niche uses of a movable taskbar. For office drones (which is the bread and butter of Windows client editions), the best way to go is to have the taskbar in a fixed location, ease of training, ease of documentation, ease of support, ease for two people huddled in front of one screen.

I understand why microsoft did it. And I understand why they are backpedaling.

That just means our security was good. You little anecdote isn't actual data.

"Sounds like they're trying to make a ladies bike"
Wow, that's some 1pth century anti women on bike BS right there.

Ys, for a kid. an adult wants a pretend part because they can't get with the times is pathetic.

Imagine being so insecure you have to pretend to be using an older version of an engine? sad.

The Williams Company strung fiber optic cables inside decomisiones Gas Pipes, that was Wiltel. first iteration bought by LDDS, second one bought by Level 3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Quest laid down fiber alongside train right of way, using a special plough moved by a locomotive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Ditto for laying bahaul fibre in the eguts/sewers of large cities. Or using the actual sewer pipes to bring the access fiber to buildings or houses...

If the rights of ways are aquired for something else already, laying the fiber is easy and cheap, and a nice way to earn additional revenues on your existing rights of way

JFC, are you still trolling people with nonsense? Two decades? I guess being a person who barley got an AS, then ending up a TV Repair man makes you sad and you just take it out on others with your trolling and rage baiting. It's a really unhealthy way to try and make your self feel like you have value.

Our prosperity literally lifted the world up until about bush. When we started really feeling the impact of reaganomics.

The cost to ship calories of food is cheaper then ever, and that's due Americas investing around the globe.
20th century engineering an science benefitted billions of people. from vaccines, to ag.

So yes, we use to.
Then we stopped tacking properly, then conservative started attacking science, and now we are gutting are own farmers.
Thanks to conservatives.

I see what you did there.
I approve.

yes, but not who they were passed on to.

no, government money is correct.
The government dictates how it's spent, it's government money. Only the dimmest of the dim would think government money does come from a tax pool.
And saying tax payer money is too broad any conversation the requires details because which tax pool it comes from matters.

Yes, ethics are a thing. Your observation bias comes form the fact that unethical things are when makes the story.

NO one said that.

"There is no legal duty of responsibility to your shareholders beyond a) not lying to them"
Read the entire sentence next time.

And it's an accurate Or to be more specific:
In a normal for-profit corporation, especially under Delaware-style corporate law, directors, and officers generally have fiduciary duties to the corporation and its shareholders. That means they are supposed to act loyally, carefully, and in good faith for the corporation’s benefit, which usually means long-term shareholder value..

"Maximize shareholder value" is a late 20th century myth about corporations.
It is simple not true, and in fact many CEO have backed away from it.

Yes, lets invoke magic technology that counters every piece of actual evidence and data we have.
Than some solid thinking right there.