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Bryan Lunduke at Network World calls out what other mainstream media have been too timid, or bought out, to call out. He starts by pointing out that choosing Microsoft Windows for your organization should get you fired and that if you haven't already replaced Windows, across the board, you absolutely stink at your job.
There. Finally the topic is broached in mainstream media and a proper discussion can now start among decision makers who can arrange complete migrations to GNU/Linux, Chrome/Linux, one of the BSDs, or a combination of them.
As Microsoft security problems continue to escalate since even the pre-networked, MS-DOS days, managers and front-line grunts will find themselves increasingly culpable for selecting unviable software, such as Microsoft Windows. If they wish to pay big bucks for maintenance, there are plenty of companies around to participate in the money. Canonical, Red Hat, M:Tier are just a sampling.
[Ed. Note: I debated whether or not to run this story — in some respects it's just the Windows vs *nix argument all over again. Also, there are proprietary programs which are critical for certain industries which currently only run on Windows. On the other hand, gaining a mention like this in the more mainstream media, does that mean we are approaching an inflection point? Witness the increased displeasure with Windows 10's telemetry and the difficulty in completely blocking it. What programs do you use that are only available on Windows? What keeps you from moving to another OS? --martyb]
(Score: 2) by digitalaudiorock on Friday June 30 2017, @05:32PM
I'd argue that one of the main reasons for the continued prevalence of Windows (aside from things like MS SQL database requirements and Exchange servers) comes out of a HUGE over dependence on Office documents, compounded by the use of stuff that just doesn't translate well to things like Libreoffice.
Over the years I've learned to HATE all office documents with a white hot passion. There are far too many people in every segment of every company that can't fucking tell you the time of day without Word documents, spreadsheets and/or power point presentations, complete with 1000 different fonts, colors, highlighting, screen shots, embedded who-the-fuck know what...drives be batshit...makes my eyes glaze over and my brain all but shut off...and they manage to do the same bullshit in emails which is 1000x worse (remember text emails?). Yet somehow, some of the most complicated communication that EVER takes place, like the interaction of developers of some of the most complex software on the planet (take the Linux kernel devs for example) can somehow do everything in formats limited to plain text.
It's totally a crutch that becomes an addiction frankly, and seems to totally stop most people from ever actually asking themselves "How can I explain what I'm trying to say in plain fucking English". Don't even get me started.