Re:The Linux Distributions of 1992
by hef19898 on Friday September 17, 2021 @10:43AM
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Not sure if that's ever gonna happen. I could imagine, now that Steam tool care of a huge junk of gaming, Office is the main thing keeping a sizable number of people on Windows. Imagine if MS was reduced to MS Excel...
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Re:The Linux Distributions of 1992
by orangepurple on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:58AM
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Microsoft is mostly reduced to the Office and Cloud teams. It's likely why the Windows UI is an inconsistent disaster.
It was always like that since the Windows days, Office drove the next UI improvements which would later appear as Windows common controls.
The current UI chaos is because the Windows team has become mostly the Cloud team, while the UI frameworks seem to keep rotating new people every couple of years.
They had to literally restaff WinForms and WPF teams from scratch, and then merged them with WinUI/UWP!
Seems reasonable. And to be honest, Teams is good for professional collaboration. And the MS Office suite isn't too bad. I used to be soslo founder until recently, and for that Office 365 was just perfect. No VPN, no really worries about it security. And even pricing was, I'd say, reasonable. Customer service is shit show, so.
Re:The Linux Distributions of 1992
by tonyedgecombe on Friday September 17, 2021 @01:35PM
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Once they have ported it to Electron ...