Hi Mark,
Thank you very much for explaining this, I did not realise that Skype etc. was owned by Microsoft. I have now installed Thunderbird and Open Office but I accept I will just have to access some services through my Microsoft account, (I am still using windows mail until I can transfer my address book and history etc.).
Thanks again,
John.
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From: Mark Rode
Sent: Monday, 26 August 2013 20:37
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>I was wondering if there is anyway to use this operating system
>without having everything going through a Microsoft account?
Yes, but if you want to use a service Microsoft owns, or want to
purchase an app from the MS Store, you will have to log in. MS owns
Skype, XBOX, Skydrive, Hotmail, Outlook mail, Windows live mail, Sky
drive and a few others. It wouldn't be so bad if MS would decide on
exactly what all in compassing service they wish to put everything
under and put out documentation that explains how this is all suppose
to work instead of leaving it up to the consumer to try and make
sense out of it. First it was Hotmail, then it was Windows Live,
then when that didn't work out they switched it to Outlook, now they
are thinking about some other name that ties in with windows phone
plus the XBOX user and log in are completely different. They have
left the consumer completely confused. Google, and Yahoo aren't much
better. Every company wants to create a online group of services in
the cloud that you won't want to leave.
>- it just seems rather invasive, perhaps I am being neurotic.
You're right, it is invasive, and annoying but it kind of reminds me
of how we started on the Internet, before the web, with such services
as Compuserv, Prodigy, and AOL, and look how they ended up.
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