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So, no offence, but this reads more like you and your colleagues destroyed a multi-million $ project by trying to save a few dollars by using Windows Home inste

So, no offence, but this reads more like you and your colleagues destroyed a multi-million $ project by trying to save a few dollars by using Windows Home instead of Enterprise? And you're pissed at MS because of this?

throwaway2048 9y ago
Yeah he was practically BEGGING to be updated to windows 10 what a slut.
eridius 9y ago
Why are you trying to excuse Microsoft's behavior here? Who could have predicted that Microsoft would have actually done what they did and forced the Windows 10 update on everyone?
- mattmanser 9y ago
  You may generally disagree with their update policy, but even in the worst scenario it's as much his fault as theirs. And yet he wants to completely blame them.
  - eridius 9y ago
    No, it's definitely Microsoft's fault. Even Home users should be able to have the expectation of controlling when or if major OS updates are applied. It's not like "doesn't automatically update to Windows 10" is an advertised feature of Professional.
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vetinari 9y ago
Enterprise edition is exactly what it says on the tin - you need to purchase certain number of licenses, and these licenses are on top of the OEM licenses. They are useless for a small team doing a research project.
vocatus_gate 9y ago
None taken, but you obviously didn't even read the post. These project machines are shipped (or physically hand-carried) by grad students from random universities all over the world. They come from who-knows-what IT department running who-knows-what software packages, often cobbled together JUST enough to get it working because they're so budget and time constrained that's all the resources they had to throw at it. So the lab is full of bespoke machines running a variety of very obscure software, much of it on tailored Windows boxes. So no, "me and my colleagues" didn't "destroy a multi-million dollar project by trying to save a few dollars."

throwaway2048 9y ago

Yeah he was practically BEGGING to be updated to windows 10 what a slut.

eridius 9y ago

Why are you trying to excuse Microsoft's behavior here? Who could have predicted that Microsoft would have actually done what they did and forced the Windows 10 update on everyone?

mattmanser 9y ago
You may generally disagree with their update policy, but even in the worst scenario it's as much his fault as theirs. And yet he wants to completely blame them.
- eridius 9y ago
  No, it's definitely Microsoft's fault. Even Home users should be able to have the expectation of controlling when or if major OS updates are applied. It's not like "doesn't automatically update to Windows 10" is an advertised feature of Professional.
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vetinari 9y ago

Enterprise edition is exactly what it says on the tin - you need to purchase certain number of licenses, and these licenses are on top of the OEM licenses. They are useless for a small team doing a research project.

vocatus_gate 9y ago

None taken, but you obviously didn't even read the post. These project machines are shipped (or physically hand-carried) by grad students from random universities all over the world. They come from who-knows-what IT department running who-knows-what software packages, often cobbled together JUST enough to get it working because they're so budget and time constrained that's all the resources they had to throw at it. So the lab is full of bespoke machines running a variety of very obscure software, much of it on tailored Windows boxes. So no, "me and my colleagues" didn't "destroy a multi-million dollar project by trying to save a few dollars."