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No it makes no sense at all. I do my gaming on Arch. Windows sucks and I hope to see the demise of Microsoft during my lifetime(crosses fingers).

by Gud 7mo ago

stunseed 7mo ago
Most of their revenue is tied to other stuff though 1. Productivity / Business (~43%) Includes: Microsoft 365 (Office, Teams) - these can be likely ported to Linux if they're not already since they also work on MacOS? LinkedIn Dynamics (ERP/CRM) ~$120.8B 2. Cloud (~38%) Includes: Azure (runs on mostly linux, and moving cloud provider as a big corp is expensive, I don't see massive companies stuck in azure infra moving from it) Server products (Windows Server, SQL Server, etc.) ~$106.3B I fully support the demise of Windows as an OS But microsoft as a company has shifted away from Windows as their source of revenue, and will probably not be impacted too badly if it were to die completely.
- ano-ther 7mo ago
  The French move will hit the Productivity/ Business segment. Their motivation is to limit extra-European dependence so they will look elsewhere for this. Similar to Germany with its DeutschlandStack and some migrations already ongoing.
- ImJamal 7mo ago
  > Microsoft 365 (Office, Teams) - these can be likely ported to Linux if they're not already since they also work on MacOS? I thought the Mac versions were not a full fledged port and were missing features present in Windows.
  - p_ing 6mo ago
    You’re correct.
- p_ing 6mo ago
  Azure services mostly run on Windows via Hyper-V, sans core networking.
knollimar 7mo ago
I was under the impression anticheat is the only thing stopping linux gaming from taking over
- freedomben 7mo ago
  Yes it's true
- lionkor 7mo ago
  Anticheat and support for joysticks, steering wheels, VR, etc. is one factor for sure. I would say almost all games people play, which dont fall in the above categories, run out of the box with no or very minor tweaks needed (no terminal).
  - deleted 7mo ago
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No it makes no sense at all. I do my gaming on Arch. Windows sucks and I hope to see the demise of Microsoft during my lifetime(crosses fingers).

by Gud 7mo ago

No it makes no sense at all. I do my gaming on Arch. Windows sucks and I hope to see the demise of Microsoft during my lifetime(crosses fingers).

stunseed 7mo ago

Most of their revenue is tied to other stuff though 1. Productivity / Business (~43%) Includes: Microsoft 365 (Office, Teams) - these can be likely ported to Linux if they're not already since they also work on MacOS? LinkedIn Dynamics (ERP/CRM) ~$120.8B 2. Cloud (~38%) Includes: Azure (runs on mostly linux, and moving cloud provider as a big corp is expensive, I don't see massive companies stuck in azure infra moving from it) Server products (Windows Server, SQL Server, etc.) ~$106.3B I fully support the demise of Windows as an OS But microsoft as a company has shifted away from Windows as their source of revenue, and will probably not be impacted too badly if it were to die completely.

ano-ther 7mo ago
The French move will hit the Productivity/ Business segment. Their motivation is to limit extra-European dependence so they will look elsewhere for this. Similar to Germany with its DeutschlandStack and some migrations already ongoing.
ImJamal 7mo ago
> Microsoft 365 (Office, Teams) - these can be likely ported to Linux if they're not already since they also work on MacOS? I thought the Mac versions were not a full fledged port and were missing features present in Windows.
- p_ing 6mo ago
  You’re correct.
p_ing 6mo ago
Azure services mostly run on Windows via Hyper-V, sans core networking.

knollimar 7mo ago

I was under the impression anticheat is the only thing stopping linux gaming from taking over

freedomben 7mo ago
Yes it's true
lionkor 7mo ago
Anticheat and support for joysticks, steering wheels, VR, etc. is one factor for sure. I would say almost all games people play, which dont fall in the above categories, run out of the box with no or very minor tweaks needed (no terminal).
- deleted 7mo ago
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