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Really, was it hard to see ads coming to the start menu? Since Windows 10 came out, the OS has become a search engine for stuff, ranking MS products highest of

by hirako2000 6y ago

Really, was it hard to see ads coming to the start menu? Since Windows 10 came out, the OS has become a search engine for stuff, ranking MS products highest of course. People and enterprises insist to use this OS calamity, despite the fact there are free and open source alternatives. I guess we will still see news about MS windows non sense in 2030

swinglock 6y ago
Enterprises don't use the shareware version of Windows.
- RealStickman_ 6y ago
  It shouldn't be about whether somebody uses the home/pro or enterprise version. It should be about whether they paid or not. I'm perfeclty fine with this behaviour on unactivated windows, but it shouldn't be happening in a product I paid for.
- rleigh 6y ago
  As if the "enterprise" version is much better. It's not. I had an unscheduled reboot losing all my work just this week. Taking that control away was the single most awful change ever made to Windows. It made it undependable and unreliable for everyone.
tralarpa 6y ago
> People and enterprises insist to use this OS calamity, despite the fact there are free and open source alternatives I would like so much to replace Windows with Linux on my laptop. But every time I try (which I do every 5 years or so, despite knowing better) it ends in tears and frustration. I don't even have exotic hardware. Just some mainstream Thinkpads and Dell laptops. Usually, I give up after literally (!) weeks of trying to get sound / hardware accelerated graphics / hibernation / power management / etc. working properly. Ironically, I get the best Linux experience with WSL or when I run it in a VM on top of Windows.
znpy 6y ago
> People and enterprises insist to use this OS calamity, despite the fact there are free and open source alternatives. I guess we will still see news about MS windows non sense in 2030 The fact is that Microsoft Office is still lightyears ahead of Open/Libre/Whatever-Office. And enterprises need that office suite. And the integration between Office, ActiveDirectory and Office365 (their cloud service) is just awesome, spot on. It's impressively good as a groupware solution. Outlook on Windows is fairly okay, and covers the needs of 99% of the office workers (Outlook on Mac OS is superb, by the way). The thing is: until the FOSS alternative becomes a no-brainer, enterprises will keep paying for Office, and thus for Windows.

swinglock 6y ago

Enterprises don't use the shareware version of Windows.

RealStickman_ 6y ago
It shouldn't be about whether somebody uses the home/pro or enterprise version. It should be about whether they paid or not. I'm perfeclty fine with this behaviour on unactivated windows, but it shouldn't be happening in a product I paid for.
rleigh 6y ago
As if the "enterprise" version is much better. It's not. I had an unscheduled reboot losing all my work just this week. Taking that control away was the single most awful change ever made to Windows. It made it undependable and unreliable for everyone.

tralarpa 6y ago

> People and enterprises insist to use this OS calamity, despite the fact there are free and open source alternatives I would like so much to replace Windows with Linux on my laptop. But every time I try (which I do every 5 years or so, despite knowing better) it ends in tears and frustration. I don't even have exotic hardware. Just some mainstream Thinkpads and Dell laptops. Usually, I give up after literally (!) weeks of trying to get sound / hardware accelerated graphics / hibernation / power management / etc. working properly. Ironically, I get the best Linux experience with WSL or when I run it in a VM on top of Windows.

znpy 6y ago

> People and enterprises insist to use this OS calamity, despite the fact there are free and open source alternatives. I guess we will still see news about MS windows non sense in 2030 The fact is that Microsoft Office is still lightyears ahead of Open/Libre/Whatever-Office. And enterprises need that office suite. And the integration between Office, ActiveDirectory and Office365 (their cloud service) is just awesome, spot on. It's impressively good as a groupware solution. Outlook on Windows is fairly okay, and covers the needs of 99% of the office workers (Outlook on Mac OS is superb, by the way). The thing is: until the FOSS alternative becomes a no-brainer, enterprises will keep paying for Office, and thus for Windows.