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Is ANYONE reading the article or going to the source prior to posting with outrage? Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/experimental-age... (the original article is not available at the moment due to the ongoing Cloudfare outage) What I see is that the AI agent is an optional, experimental off-by-default service that is configured to only have access to the folders you specifically choose. From the MS…
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Agreed, or I don't know, actually promote internal trainings for the folks that lack the experience. The problem isn't hiring people that only know macOS/Linux, we always argue about how bad HR hiring processes are in our field. The problem is apparently the lack of management motivation to bring those peoples up to speed, and is confortable pushing for Web widgets instead.
I do not know what is up with people and their aversion to help people be better (or at the very least more useful) at their job. Not just in IT, but even hard / physical labor-type jobs or w/e.
This motivated me to move to Linux and installed Mint in my personal laptop. I keep telling my friends how much better it is and I am not really a Linux fanboy or power user. It’s such a pleasure to boot into Mint when compared to Windows. I am still forced to use Windows every day at work, so I get to compare it every day. Linux wins in every aspect.
My one complaint about the Linux ecosystem is how bad the Office applications are. Libre office spreadsheets are terrible when compared to Excel. However, excel is slowly morphing into an unusable bloated behemoth. Google Sheets is what I use for my personal needs these days.
This experience has been an eye opener. Going forward I will setup automatic donations to free software projects.
I really hope that Microsoft fucks it up so bad that big orgs/governments start migrating to open source software.
Is ANYONE reading the article or going to the source prior to posting with outrage? Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/experimental-age... (the original article is not available at the moment due to the ongoing Cloudfare outage) What I see is that the AI agent is an optional, experimental off-by-default service that is configured to only have access to the folders you specifically choose. From the MS…
"optional, experimental off-by-default service" is Microsoft-ese for "1-2 years away from being always on and unremovable"
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> Office products are bastardized with copilot buttons everywhere. They put copilot in notepad. NOTEPAD.
WTF!! JFC CotEditor on Mac is the closest to Notepad I’ve felt in years. Gotta wonder what the end game at Microsoft is.
I can't tell you how mutch I don't want this! I know there will be some smart arse out there saying "Just install Linux" Pleas don't I have to use a screenreader called NVDA to read the screen to me as I am blind. There is a screen reader in Linux but it just is not that good. If it was better then I would think about it. I have tried!
Just don't opt in to this then? Nobody is forcing you, to go to the settings app, go to AI settings, go to experimental settings, and manually turn this on.
Microsoft has gone full-blown evil corporation again. No customer validation on any of the AI cruft. No full OPT OUT. Office products are bastardized with copilot buttons everywhere. I've been a Windows user from day one and I now see a future without it. Satya had been a bright spot in Microsoft, but this blind lust for AI, especially in bed with Altman who is pure con artist, is unforgivable. Some of the investment…
Microsoft was never not a full-blown evil corporation. What they had, at their peak, is some software that worked well. In the background, same evil corporation as ever. I can't even write a top example why. Just take a glance at the documentation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft
Microsoft has gone full-blown evil corporation again. No customer validation on any of the AI cruft. No full OPT OUT. Office products are bastardized with copilot buttons everywhere. I've been a Windows user from day one and I now see a future without it. Satya had been a bright spot in Microsoft, but this blind lust for AI, especially in bed with Altman who is pure con artist, is unforgivable. Some of the investment…
> Office products are bastardized with copilot buttons everywhere. They put copilot in notepad. NOTEPAD.
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> Are you aware that MS already sells an operating system that can install patches without rebooting? No. Which OS is that ? Even to update Office they throw an annoying popup and then another one to start the update and a dark pattern (close button accesible with a hidden scrollbar and no window controls) one to tell you it is finished.
Server 2025. They upsell it as a subscription because they can. Before that it was also available in Azure. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/2025/04/...