catch22@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoMicrosoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square439fedilinkarrow-up1966arrow-down161file-text
arrow-up1905arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025www.tomshardware.comcatch22@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square439fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months ago … pretty much every business will run their systems until Cousin Vinny gives them a little taste of ransomware and reminds them your upgrade plan is actually a great deal
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI mean, yeah, if ethics are no barrier, you could probably make it work, hah. That said, there are much better money makers at that point than being tech support for businesses to switch to Linux.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·10 months agoMeh, ransomware won’t really drive an upgrade plan. That’s what backup is for. Any business incompetent enough to get owned by ransomware without a recovery plan isn’t exactly the type with $ to spare for a migration.
Cousin Vinny gives them a little taste of ransomware and reminds them your upgrade plan is actually a great deal
I mean, yeah, if ethics are no barrier, you could probably make it work, hah. That said, there are much better money makers at that point than being tech support for businesses to switch to Linux.
Meh, ransomware won’t really drive an upgrade plan. That’s what backup is for.
Any business incompetent enough to get owned by ransomware without a recovery plan isn’t exactly the type with $ to spare for a migration.