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Microsoft is just completely pathetic, it's become completely opposite of what companies want and it wouldn't surprise me if it becomes politics soon to switch

Microsoft is just completely pathetic, it's become completely opposite of what companies want and it wouldn't surprise me if it becomes politics soon to switch to Linux on office spaces.

kachapopopow 1y ago
office 365 is the only thing stopping people from switching to linux as the only current alternative is ironically chromeos (android office) and macos (fully supported by microsoft)
- echohack5 1y ago
  Office because lawyers send docs in .docx format like it was written in the blood of the Benjamin Franklin DirectX because steam defacto runs on Windows only for the vast majority of games, and not everyone wants a steam deck form I can't think of any other S tier use cases tbh
  - jayd16 1y ago
    Drivers and such are still usually windows first.
  - esseph 1y ago
    I'm 100% gaming on Fedora with proton and have been for quite awhile. Playing Arc Raiders now on Linux just fine, and several other new games. Not BF6 though, that requires you to basically install a windows rootkit.
  - kachapopopow 1y ago
    directx to vulkan works good enough these days, what breaks is DRM, anti-piracy and anticheats.
  - potwinkle 1y ago
    99% of Steam games work great on Linux now thanks to Proton. You might be thinking of how it was back in 2015.
    - wiredpancake 1y ago
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- prmoustache 1y ago
  Most tasks are done OK with the web version of office365 tools and I know a few companies who do not bother to pay the licence to install the full suite to all their workers so that should make them easy to switch. I think there is more to it: IT desktop admins mostly trained on the microsoft ecosystem, GPOs, etc.
  - mschuster91 1y ago
    > I think there is more to it: IT desktop admins mostly trained on the microsoft ecosystem, GPOs, etc. Compliance checkboxes. That is the true strength of Microsoft - in 365 you are pretty much compliant with everything out of the box or you at least get the tools and reports to achieve compliance, and even the stuff where compliance is questionable (i.e. GDPR), no one will bother you as an individual company too much because any court would throw that charge out for being unreasonable. "No one ever got fired for buying IBM" is just as valid today, it's just Microsoft. If you are a large company, there is virtually no alternative than the unholy triumvirate of Microsoft (Azure, AD, O365), SAP and Oracle (Java + DB) - deviating from that means lots of paperwork.
thewebguyd 1y ago
I see macOS growing in share for corporate laptops/desktops first, but it would be nice to see widespread Linux. But for now, with big enterprise office requirement, macOS is the next best refuge for most companies.

Microsoft is just completely pathetic, it's become completely opposite of what companies want and it wouldn't surprise me if it becomes politics soon to switch to Linux on office spaces.

kachapopopow 1y ago

office 365 is the only thing stopping people from switching to linux as the only current alternative is ironically chromeos (android office) and macos (fully supported by microsoft)

echohack5 1y ago
Office because lawyers send docs in .docx format like it was written in the blood of the Benjamin Franklin DirectX because steam defacto runs on Windows only for the vast majority of games, and not everyone wants a steam deck form I can't think of any other S tier use cases tbh
- jayd16 1y ago
  Drivers and such are still usually windows first.
- esseph 1y ago
  I'm 100% gaming on Fedora with proton and have been for quite awhile. Playing Arc Raiders now on Linux just fine, and several other new games. Not BF6 though, that requires you to basically install a windows rootkit.
- kachapopopow 1y ago
  directx to vulkan works good enough these days, what breaks is DRM, anti-piracy and anticheats.
- potwinkle 1y ago
  99% of Steam games work great on Linux now thanks to Proton. You might be thinking of how it was back in 2015.
  - wiredpancake 1y ago
    [dead]
prmoustache 1y ago
Most tasks are done OK with the web version of office365 tools and I know a few companies who do not bother to pay the licence to install the full suite to all their workers so that should make them easy to switch. I think there is more to it: IT desktop admins mostly trained on the microsoft ecosystem, GPOs, etc.
- mschuster91 1y ago
  > I think there is more to it: IT desktop admins mostly trained on the microsoft ecosystem, GPOs, etc. Compliance checkboxes. That is the true strength of Microsoft - in 365 you are pretty much compliant with everything out of the box or you at least get the tools and reports to achieve compliance, and even the stuff where compliance is questionable (i.e. GDPR), no one will bother you as an individual company too much because any court would throw that charge out for being unreasonable. "No one ever got fired for buying IBM" is just as valid today, it's just Microsoft. If you are a large company, there is virtually no alternative than the unholy triumvirate of Microsoft (Azure, AD, O365), SAP and Oracle (Java + DB) - deviating from that means lots of paperwork.

thewebguyd 1y ago

I see macOS growing in share for corporate laptops/desktops first, but it would be nice to see widespread Linux. But for now, with big enterprise office requirement, macOS is the next best refuge for most companies.