• Pringles@lemm.ee
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    13 hours ago

    For personal computing, sure. For enterprise environment, eh not really.

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      5 hours ago

      Or if you’re into online gaming.

      I have to fend off linux nerds with a bat. The bottom line is “that’s cool and all but there are a lot of things that I can’t do with linux and I’m not willing to make that big of a change”

        • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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          there’s

          1. US government, with a mandate to use Windows for the same reason that Boeing CEOs of the past decade aren’t in jail for hundredfold manslaughter
          2. other governments, where again, “shitty corporate IT” applies, but with s/corporate/administrative

          Even worse: governments using Windows are absolutely giving the US services direct access to all their confidential files & communication.

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      12 hours ago

      With the amount of money corporations and governments have spent on Microsoft — the last decade alone — they could have filled the gaps in linux and the annual cost for ITSM would be significantly cheaper. Instead they’ve spent more and have grown far more dependent on proprietary software, they don’t own or control, to manage their core business ops and data; the longer their dependence on SaaS, the more they’ll pay.