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I wonder what would need to happen to convince the management that actually they could run on Linux? I mean, 3 years ago the belief was we couldn't work from home because that would harm productivity.
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Why isn’t Microsoft counted in the FAANG? Isn’t Microsoft and Apple neck and neck for worlds most valuable companies?
because FAANG is originally a stock market term for (at the time) hot tech stocks, and Microsoft was already old and boring.
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When you rip it open you'll find Skype for a heart.
Skype was pretty good before MS bought it. Even MSN Messenger was pretty well-behaved in its earlier versions, and definitely far better with resource usage.
I wonder what would need to happen to convince the management that actually they could run on Linux? I mean, 3 years ago the belief was we couldn't work from home because that would harm productivity.
Honestly though, I have little sympathy for people that choose to deal with this stuff. This has been Microsoft's MO for 30 years. If you are bringing their software into your org you know what you are signing up for. You are pretty much consenting to whatever shit they choose to give you.
It's simple. Keep Microsoft out from front to back and you won't have these issues.
To me it's a question I ask when I'm interviewing, and it's one of the biggest signs of a broken culture if a place has heavy microsoft integrations. I'll turn down those offers.
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When you rip it open you'll find Skype for a heart.
Skype was pretty good before MS bought it. Even MSN Messenger was pretty well-behaved in its earlier versions, and definitely far better with resource usage.
Zoom has never given me a lick of trouble and I use it for at least 10x the meetings. I try to redirect people away from Teams whenever I have the option to do so.
Teams doesn’t work properly on Firefox - it doesn’t let you screen share or have any audio or video. Google Meet doesn’t have any problems - heck, Zoom’s web video call interface works great too. The only browser I can use Teams with properly is Chrome, and it’s literally the only site I ever find myself needing to use Chrome with.
And then there’s the famous bug where Teams disabled emergency calling on Android…
I mean, I know Microsoft doesn’t always prioritize non-Windows platforms, but they could at least pretend to try, right?
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To do what? Corporate endpoints? I like linux but they can't. Servers? Already do and should. But 2022 will be the year of the Linux desktop.
The year of the Linux desktop in what way? I find it hard to believe Linux desktop will have any kind of massive growth this year.
Emoji being taboo here makes it harder to convey sarcasm.