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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by SteveNuts on Saturday March 18, 2017 @11:02PM (#13904909)
I think with the rise of cloud based productivity software (Google Docs, etc.) we'll see a rise in alternative OS's.

I know one of the big issues with adopting Linux on the desktop in companies is the issue with access control (something like AD's Group Policy). It's amazing how you can control pretty much every permission/policy imaginable within your domain using AD, and until something like that comes out for Linux it won't get adopted.

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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by H4CK3RM4N on Saturday March 18, 2017 @11:48PM (#13905058)
The sad part here is that Linux is actually really good for that by design (if you take the time to understand Unix permissions).
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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by SteveNuts on Sunday March 19, 2017 @12:01AM (#13905098)
That's true, we use Red Hat's IDM and it's very nice.
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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by digi_owl on Sunday March 19, 2017 @12:35PM (#13908056)
The sad thing is that MS office is about more than editing documents these days. Thanks to embedded VB scripts etc the suite is more a RAD environment for office drones. There is an untold number of business processes that are effectively encoded into a excel spreadsheet sprinkled with scripts.
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