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I was curious what the Linux people think about Microsoft and any bad practices that most people should know about already?

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[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 12 points 6 months ago

Obsolete? Hardly. The Surface, GamePass, Xbox, GitHub, Skype and just general market dominance says otherwise. They only lost their effective monopoly due to antitrust lawsuits.

Currently, there's lots of better options out there, true, but it's far from obsolete.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 6 months ago

Is Skype still a thing? I thought it died soon after MS bought it!

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago
[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago

Ugh, Teams. I can't believe Skype and MSN died for this!

[-] averyminya@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

It's a phone service and business communications. I have to use it for work

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago

Huh, didn't realise they were still bothering to sell it

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