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Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years
(www.bleepingcomputer.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
There should be an OS out there for you which doesn't come with a rich text editor. [If there is ever a time to mention GNU+Linux in a MS thread then now is that time.] For most people however, not including it is a needless barrier to entry.