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Microsoft spent so much money to make it fail.
by zoobab 3y ago
Microsoft spent so much money to make it fail.
- boxed 3y agoHow do they do that? I mean, practically? If the open source solution works, where do Microsoft spend money to make it fail?
- hans_castorp 3y agoI am not saying this was the reason, but it is suspicious that the Munich Linux project was dropped, after Microsoft moved their headquarters back into Munich. And the reasons given were made up. The recommendation written by Accenture claimed that "users weren't satisfied" while a poll from a newspaper showed that most users were indeed satisfied
- mhitza 3y agoBribery can also work. I'm not saying that this is what they have done in Germany, but in Romania it was a big scandal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_licensing_corruption_scandal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_licensing_corrupti...
- marksbrown 3y agoEmbrace, extend, extinguish.
- boxed 3y agoAgain: be specific.
- f_allwein 3y agoIf I remember, there was also an issue around people working in the administration not wanting to get used to new software/ not being able to do some tasks.
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- Rinzler89 3y agoStill. They got a Microsoft office with a lot of well paying jobs. It's something. Most countries could dream of such leverage over a company like Microsoft.
- 3rd3 3y agoMuch of our wealth is grounded in immorality.