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Yes. Most schools too. Microsoft has incredible political power here.
by lrvick 3y ago
Yes. Most schools too. Microsoft has incredible political power here.
- croes 3y agoEven after CISA's review of the summer 2023 Microsoft Exchange online intrusion? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39929246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39929246
- dewey 3y agoThere's stories like this for every big vendor. This rarely has any impact.
- trelane 3y agoThe phrase is, "nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft." It's descended from the same phrase, applied to IBM, when they were the power.
- croes 3y agoBut the impact is deeper nowadays. What was the worst that could happen when you bought IBM back then?
- Liquix 3y agoI think the sentiment is less that something catastophic can't happen by depending on M$ - it's more that you personally will never be blamed for their servers going down. Whereas if you advocate for a smaller/more open solution and that blows up in the company's face, it's your ass on the line.
- croes 3y agoBut that could change after the last couple of mistakes by MS. Do maybe it's still in the head of the people but it could backfire.
- jofaz 3y agoNot as much as it used to be, now that they can do most of what they need with Google's free apps