That’s what’s interesting about Microsoft, their customer is usually not the user. It’s the hardware vendor. It is the company you work for. They get money for enabling those people to get what they want with only the obligatory effort to make the users accept it. Frequently those customers want to act against the interests of the users, and Microsoft is there for it.
True; we use Windows at work, and I honestly wouldn’t recommend they switch to Linux (or Macs, for that matter, though that would be entertaining). I also wouldn’t want to be IT if they do switch operating systems. I do feel that both are better, but I’ve also been using Windows since 3.1 (early 90s), Linux off and on since the late 90s, and macOS since Ventura (2020? 2021? Something like that). So I’m good with whatever. I’ve talked to people (mostly, Boomers) who tell me they’re sick of Microslop’s shit, and I’ve told them “just get a Mac,” but using a whole other computer is scary. I bring up Linux and how it being hard to use is mostly an online myth and it’ll run on their computer alongside Windows while they learn… they’re not willing to jump. Imagine if they were forced to at work. It would not be okay for weeks, if not months.
That’s what’s interesting about Microsoft, their customer is usually not the user. It’s the hardware vendor. It is the company you work for. They get money for enabling those people to get what they want with only the obligatory effort to make the users accept it. Frequently those customers want to act against the interests of the users, and Microsoft is there for it.
True; we use Windows at work, and I honestly wouldn’t recommend they switch to Linux (or Macs, for that matter, though that would be entertaining). I also wouldn’t want to be IT if they do switch operating systems. I do feel that both are better, but I’ve also been using Windows since 3.1 (early 90s), Linux off and on since the late 90s, and macOS since Ventura (2020? 2021? Something like that). So I’m good with whatever. I’ve talked to people (mostly, Boomers) who tell me they’re sick of Microslop’s shit, and I’ve told them “just get a Mac,” but using a whole other computer is scary. I bring up Linux and how it being hard to use is mostly an online myth and it’ll run on their computer alongside Windows while they learn… they’re not willing to jump. Imagine if they were forced to at work. It would not be okay for weeks, if not months.