▲ 778 ▼ Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022 (mastodon.gamedev.place) submitted 2 years ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 203 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) Microsoft has been telegraphing these moves for years now tbh. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 32 points 2 years ago (3 children) That doesn't make it right. And not everyone can dump Windows for Linux. We run a lot of software that requires Windows. Changing is impractical if not impossible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's becoming much much easier every year to switch to OSS alternatives or at least Linux compatible software. There's basically nothing categorical that can't run on Linux, even gaming is making tremendous strides. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) There’s basically nothing categorical that can’t run on Linux... From a desktop standpoint, I agree. From a business server infrastructure standpoint, I disagree completely. We run tons of software that doesn't run on Linux. Maybe there are alternatives, but there are other aspects in play (integrations with other services, vendor pricing, etc). It's not just desktops that people worry about. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago And that's why any proprietary lock-in is the devil. permalink fedilink source parent [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Depending on what your doing there are alternatives or you could run it in a VM permalink fedilink source parent [–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago Never said it was right, why would you think that? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 32 points 2 years ago (3 children) That doesn't make it right. And not everyone can dump Windows for Linux. We run a lot of software that requires Windows. Changing is impractical if not impossible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's becoming much much easier every year to switch to OSS alternatives or at least Linux compatible software. There's basically nothing categorical that can't run on Linux, even gaming is making tremendous strides. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) There’s basically nothing categorical that can’t run on Linux... From a desktop standpoint, I agree. From a business server infrastructure standpoint, I disagree completely. We run tons of software that doesn't run on Linux. Maybe there are alternatives, but there are other aspects in play (integrations with other services, vendor pricing, etc). It's not just desktops that people worry about. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago And that's why any proprietary lock-in is the devil. permalink fedilink source parent [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Depending on what your doing there are alternatives or you could run it in a VM permalink fedilink source parent [–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago Never said it was right, why would you think that? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's becoming much much easier every year to switch to OSS alternatives or at least Linux compatible software. There's basically nothing categorical that can't run on Linux, even gaming is making tremendous strides. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) There’s basically nothing categorical that can’t run on Linux... From a desktop standpoint, I agree. From a business server infrastructure standpoint, I disagree completely. We run tons of software that doesn't run on Linux. Maybe there are alternatives, but there are other aspects in play (integrations with other services, vendor pricing, etc). It's not just desktops that people worry about. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago And that's why any proprietary lock-in is the devil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) There’s basically nothing categorical that can’t run on Linux... From a desktop standpoint, I agree. From a business server infrastructure standpoint, I disagree completely. We run tons of software that doesn't run on Linux. Maybe there are alternatives, but there are other aspects in play (integrations with other services, vendor pricing, etc). It's not just desktops that people worry about. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago And that's why any proprietary lock-in is the devil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago And that's why any proprietary lock-in is the devil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Depending on what your doing there are alternatives or you could run it in a VM permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago Never said it was right, why would you think that? permalink fedilink source parent
