Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: For The Gamers Date: 22 Dec 2024 06:06:21 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <1r4xtzi.z3s0si1gizblkN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net aXtWx5bk6OGfAgybp94ZbAa824WXHvUvXMjXl1yq7bOYcb1TWv Cancel-Lock: sha1:IzEO2VRT3PRs3M3a+oUDUlyA8n4= sha256:ZAAmJoH4JBPTDrvIWbY4TyMsQqOewEnSCan3g7jaV+s= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:681049 On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:25:09 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote: > On 2024-12-21, Sn!pe wrote: >> RonB wrote: >> >>> The reason they use Windows is because it runs Microsoft Office (and >>> businesses are "married" to this crap) and Microsoft's has leverage >>> with the computer manufacturers. Monopolies have a lot of inertia >>> that's hard to overcome. But you'll note that, for development >>> purposes, Microsoft is now including Linux in Windows. There's a >>> reason for that. And, as software moves to the "rental" phase and more >>> and more of the applications move to the "Cloud", there will be less >>> and less necessity to use Windows. >>> >>> >> No purchasing manager was ever fired for specifying Microsoft. > > I wouldn't bet on it. Leaving out the cloud I have to agree. Microsoft and the availability of Microsoft Certified Whatevers makes pointy headed bosses sleep better at night.