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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago

From the article:

Satya Nadella is burning decades of customer good will chasing the latest tech fad.

I'd disagree with hat sentiment. I'd put it as Microsoft is finally giving people the final push they needed to break the Microsoft chain they had around their ankles.

Nobody uses Microsoft products because they're the best, they never were, they never will be. Microsoft is the VHS of the video tapes, it is as big as it is due to deception, marketing, and force. L

Let this be the obligatory "install Linux already" post, but I'm saying it as "switch everything away from US vendors to open source" as they all have turned evil and corrupt. Open source software is the only software left that can still give users what they need in a fair way.

Install Linux, setup some nextcloud instance, break that fucking Microsoft chain