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Microsoft continues the war against its own users.
by znpy 3y ago
Microsoft continues the war against its own users.
- lozenge 3y agoMost users want the DNS of the Internet, not of their own ISP.
- stock_toaster 3y agoMicrosoft's real users are governments and large corporations -- seat licenses, admin tools, services, etc. Everyone else using their OS is just another one the products Microsoft can sell to their real users.
- init2null 3y agoIt wouldn't be quite so frustrating if it wasn't almost impossible to buy enterprise-equivalent licenses as an individual. Why can't it be as easy as Office 365? I am mystified as to why Microsoft is so disinterested in taking our money.
- jasomill 3y agoSo long as you're willing to pay enterprise subscription prices for both Office and Windows with no volume discount, single-user subscription licensing for Windows Enterprise is exactly as easy as subscribing to Office 365: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/e3 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/e3 (click "Try free for one month >", enter an email not already associated with a 365 org, and note that, under "Company size" in the resulting sign-up form, the first option is "1 person") AFAIK, non-subscription licensing is still as much of a hassle as it's always been — volume licensing, minimum purchases, partners — and the page for a base Windows Enterprise subscription without Office offers "Contact Sales" with no listed price as the only purchasing option.