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> you created a business that depends on a single point of failure that is entirely outs0ide your control I never really thought of it that way before but you

> you created a business that depends on a single point of failure that is entirely outs0ide your control I never really thought of it that way before but you are right... I still can't switch to Linux or Mac at this point though so for the short term it's out. Long term I will have to keep a close eye on Microsoft and see if it's something I have to move away from. I was always a pay-your-money-get-your-thing kind of guy but this move towards continuous upgrades and possible subscription-based / "free" operating systems isn't a shift I like... I like to "own" my stuff (I know I never "owned" Windows but I had a disk and I paid for it and I got to choose how long I kept it for and I could disable telemetry and so on). Maybe this IT stuff is a young mans game because the thought of ditching Windows, Visual Studio, SQL Server etc for Linux equivalents and having to re-learn it all doesn't fill me with hope, however, now that I read this sentence back I amd sure someone will correct me and show me that you can run all that stuff, including Active Directory in a 512MB instance of Puppy Linux or something :)

bigmanwalter 10y ago
I've been on the Linux journey for about 3 years now and loving all of it. The unix philosophy of small, composable programs just makes sense. Linux/Unix is a system where programmers are the target demographic. No more feeling like a second class citizen in Windows land :)
- herbst 10y ago
  Not only programmers! My grandmum likes how easy it is to make everything huge and high contrast when needed. My mum is a fan of unity, because everything is just reachable even with limited space. She recently even started to use a tiling plugin. My little sister spends hours customizing her desktop and tried pretty much any window manager. My dad uses linux and wine to play windows games that do not properly run with windows 7 and upwards. I would classify them all as at best average computer users, but there was not much hand holding involved in the transition at all. And way less work for me now! (Like my mum did open Locky (the crypto trojan) twice!!)
  - bigmanwalter 10y ago
    My mom recently tried figuring out video transcoding and editing on her own with her Windows machine. I'm still waiting to see what kinds of crazy malware she picked up in the process.
demosthenex 10y ago
>> you created a business that depends on a single point of failure that is entirely outs0ide your control > Long term I will have to keep a close eye on Microsoft and see if it's something I have to move away from. I think there is a better analogy. Every business buys widgets from other businesses to enable them to function. There is only so much feedback or control you can get over that product, but as long as it meets your needs that's not a concern. The problem is when you rely on a widget that suddenly has disruptive planned obsolescence, does this new anti-feature impact your business? You control your internal processes, and now an external source is interfering in your change control process. Certainly you plan to replace widgets as they age on your schedule and budget. The issue is when it is forced on you. Free software isn't immune from this either, for example the rolling upgrade bandwagon (ie: its fixed in the next revision but it breaks yours) and the systemd debacle where the choice over important system components was removed.

bigmanwalter 10y ago

I've been on the Linux journey for about 3 years now and loving all of it. The unix philosophy of small, composable programs just makes sense. Linux/Unix is a system where programmers are the target demographic. No more feeling like a second class citizen in Windows land :)

herbst 10y ago
Not only programmers! My grandmum likes how easy it is to make everything huge and high contrast when needed. My mum is a fan of unity, because everything is just reachable even with limited space. She recently even started to use a tiling plugin. My little sister spends hours customizing her desktop and tried pretty much any window manager. My dad uses linux and wine to play windows games that do not properly run with windows 7 and upwards. I would classify them all as at best average computer users, but there was not much hand holding involved in the transition at all. And way less work for me now! (Like my mum did open Locky (the crypto trojan) twice!!)
- bigmanwalter 10y ago
  My mom recently tried figuring out video transcoding and editing on her own with her Windows machine. I'm still waiting to see what kinds of crazy malware she picked up in the process.

demosthenex 10y ago

>> you created a business that depends on a single point of failure that is entirely outs0ide your control > Long term I will have to keep a close eye on Microsoft and see if it's something I have to move away from. I think there is a better analogy. Every business buys widgets from other businesses to enable them to function. There is only so much feedback or control you can get over that product, but as long as it meets your needs that's not a concern. The problem is when you rely on a widget that suddenly has disruptive planned obsolescence, does this new anti-feature impact your business? You control your internal processes, and now an external source is interfering in your change control process. Certainly you plan to replace widgets as they age on your schedule and budget. The issue is when it is forced on you. Free software isn't immune from this either, for example the rolling upgrade bandwagon (ie: its fixed in the next revision but it breaks yours) and the systemd debacle where the choice over important system components was removed.