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Guys, is it the beginning downfall of Windows after October 24, 2025? ๐ค
I wish.
There might be a small uptick of new Linux installs, but MS will just power on and the vast majority of Windows users will remain in that abusive relationship. :sigh:
Yeah. People just don't make the effort to "learn a new OS".
They get crazy if the icons are in some other place than they are used to on Windows.
Let's see the facts here ppl.
It has more to do with corporations than individuals. Microsoft doesn't pay the bills from great grandma Ethel's Windows license, they have a corporate revenue stream they need to keep locked in.
Yes the real money is in corporations, of course. And large companies won't change anytime soon.
But let's face it, as i was refering on a individual level, is any of your non tech savy family and friends install an other OS other over Windows?
I find that rather hard to believe.
People are creatures of habit.
Are you going to pay for retraining 30,000 employees?
Or to make all your software work on Linux?
Autocad?
Realistically, there are probably half of office workstations, maybe more, where the business users who use them can do everything they need through a browser.
In that sense most stuff already works on Linux, including basic productivity software, email and calendaring, real time communications through Slack or Teams or whatever.
More specialized jobs might need more specialized software, but for many workers they don't need that.
Less than half. A good portion of those office workers rely on Office macros and other bullshit that doesn't run in the web version.
Unless they ditch Office for LibreOffice or OpenOffice
No, not me.
I didn't even mentioned Linux, did I? Can be MacOS or FreeBSD.
I guess you assumed I did since its the default answer to suggest Linux as Windows is a shitshow. However, I realize that ordinary people won't change a thing. They will just use the OS that came installed with the computer. That's (windows) 99 % of all computers sold.
And yes, I do use Linux but I'm tech savy and a realist about the Windows situation.
Lol no.