• NoWay@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Microsoft is quietly sunsetting everything they cant make money on with AI.

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      I’m so happy that in the recent years Linux made leaps and bounds in terms of usability so now we have an alternative that actually works well, especially since Microsoft just stopped caring about desktop Windows users.

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      They can’t even make money with their AI, they only survive off the windows OEM licenses, Office 365 subs that businesses are locked into and their backend server and sql stuff. That’s enough to make them a walking dead for a long time.

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        And eventually companies will hopefully start cancelling those subscriptions to move to Open Office or Libre Office.

        France is already starting that push by having government departments transition first, and are projected to save millions of euros in licensing fees each year. Once you get a critical mass of users on libre software, it’ll hopefully spread on its own