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Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening & why it could fail. (videos.abnormalbeings.space)

submitted 3 days ago by AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Actually, most of them already do have deals for a limited time. Skype is still available; they needed a new contract since teams does not work without communicating with Microsoft.

OTOH most things they do is via webclient.

If Microsoft was to release a mandatory update that has a single thing that required it to communicate with the organization, by law the whole governmental EU would not be able to use it.

[–] IceVAN@beehaw.org 11 points 3 days ago

Good F#$%^ riddance.

[+] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml -8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I am all for ditching Microsoft, but why should this post be in this community? There are also Android, Mac OS, and all kinds of BSD.

[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

None of what you listed is a viable alternative for a myriad of reasons. Only GNU+Linux can replace Windows.

Android: a mobile OS first and foremost with very limited usability as a general purpose desktop operating system.
MacOS: hardware from one vendor only.
*BSD: more niche with even lesser support than GNU+Linux.

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What's wrong with going back to pen and (e-)paper for office? My point is, if you are going to post something in the community, the word "linux" shall at least be in the title.

Good title example: Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft for Linux

It's nobody's fucking business when someone ditching Microsoft, then adopt BSD, Solaris whatnot. What matters to this community is someone adopting or ditching Linux, or they do something remotely related to it.

[–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Didn't you see the "little" thumbnail that says "This could be huge for Linux"?

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

I don't. This is how it looks like on my Voyager.

Point is (again), it takes zero effort to cross post a video or article here. Windows is historically having a high market share ratio, and people are migrating to Linux nowadays. That's good news to the Linux world. Even someone merely mentioning ditching Windows has an implication of adopting Linux instead.

But what if more and more posts implying this by only mentioning how bad Windows is? Is this a community for Windows circlejerk, or do we share informative stuff that's directly related to Linux? How about we share more article about how great Linux is (or can be), instead of how bad the competitors are becoming?

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[–] zgxiii@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In the video, he talks about examples of European governments specifically switching to Linux, like a police station using an Ubuntu based distro, and foss software like LibreOffice. I don't think android, Mac or BSD are mentioned.

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 days ago

Fair enough. I didn't watch the video.

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