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Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)
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Microsoft, doing it's part to make the world a better place.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 443 points 1 year ago (67 children)

No it won't.

240 million grandmas, cheapskate businesses, and cash-strapped public schools will continue to use whatever operating system their computers already have, forever, until they break, security implications be damned.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (45 children)

This is a huge business opportunity for someone with the know-how. They should offer a consulting service that does the following:

  1. Catalogs the software your company is using.
  2. Identifies which ones have native Linux versions, which ones work well under WINE, and which ones will need to be replaced with either a different native application or an online equivalent.
  3. Installs and configures Linux with a Windows-like UI on your old systems, and gets them set up with the replacement software.

Offer a support contract that severely undercuts anything Microsoft is ~~gouging~~ selling. Offer basic training, too.

Anyone who does that can make bank.

[–] voluble@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Would also need to get a burner phone number w/ answering machine to take calls from 240 million grandmas, cheapskate businesses and cash-strapped public schools for any & all tech support questions until the end of time, because if there was an issue with system stability in any way whatsoever, or if the router went down or the printer stopped working, they'd assume it was the fault of 'the guy who changed everything'.

Linux is great & everything, but this sounds like a recipe for utter disaster, not a way to make an easy buck.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Easy fix: don't offer support

More expensive easy fix: contract with a call center in India to do "support" for you.

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