Over 170k Nonprofits Lost All Their Data. Is Microsoft to Blame?

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Aug 23, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #21

vtbassmatt wrote: post #17

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Yes. Disclosure: I work at Microsoft. But I also am the volunteer IT guy at a nonprofit, and am speaking entirely in that context. I was quite unhappy to get a mail back in (checks archives) January that our grant would be discontinued and we’d either have to make do with the web versions of things, migrate someplace, or start paying. They also reminded us several more times before the drop date. I don’t really under…

If 150,000+ organisations were caught by surprise, I would say it’s clear whatever communication they had was not adequate. Organisations that didn’t have an off-boarding option (do nothing, pay the minimum, I’ll deal with it) selected should receive monthly reminders, then every 2 weeks (to multiple people), and one per week until a VERY alarming one the week before. And, of course, have all systems shut down and th…

Post by petcat » Sun, Aug 23, 2026, 9:54 PM UTC

12_throw_away wrote: post #5

Yep, this is the sort of thing happens when you've deeply internalized that trustworthiness and continuity is not important. Microsoft today is not a serious company, it is not run by serious people, and it is at the forefront of a deeply unserious industry.

Post by nchmy » Sun, Aug 23, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC

KetoManx64 wrote: post #15

vkaku wrote: post #10

People are better off using LibreOffice on a Linux desktop

As a daily Linux user and enthusiast, I detest statements like this. You did not read the article not the problem that those companies have and your only solution is "Use LibreOffice" without any actual interest in what their problem is or what an actual solution to their problems is. People like you push newbies away from Linux. Using LibreOffice does not give you web sharing, nor permission systems, nor automation…

Post by pfdietz » Sun, Aug 23, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC

VWWHFSfQ wrote: post #34

petcat wrote: post #33

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What does "serious" mean in this context?

It's just an internet meme phrase. "X is not a serious Y" just means that X is a joke. It's a dumb phrase and overused in contexts like this.

Post by dgellow » Sun, Aug 23, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC

sixtyj wrote: post #3

Cloud is nice if it works. Web hosting is nice if you pay for it. In history timeline, future archaeologists will probably see almost nothing, some books… as we are used to past centuries. But clouds, servers… gone. BTW don’t use SSD for archiving.