Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

Re:Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account duri... by carabiner on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:29PM (#30389306)

Satya... WTF?

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Re:Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account duri... by jacquesm on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:07PM (#30390404)

Really, who didn't see this one coming a mile away? Or did you actually believe that MS was now some kind of benevolent open source company that meant to do right by their users?

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Re:Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account duri... by carabiner on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:43PM (#30390797)

I didn't see it coming a mile away. Satya seemed to be a major departure from Ballmer.

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Re:Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account duri... by jacquesm on Friday February 18, 2022 @04:09PM (#30391155)

He is. He is PR savvy, knows how to present stuff in a way that it gets lapped up and because Ballmer sucked at this he looks so much better. But Nadella was there during all of the bad tricks that Microsoft pulled, he's as much a part of the old guard as Ballmer was.

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Re:Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account duri... by NeoVeles on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:49PM (#30390884)

His nickname was 'Mr Cloud' for a good reason. Finally got what he wanted.

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Re:Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account duri... by carabiner on Friday February 18, 2022 @04:08PM (#30391141)

"Cloud" is apt, for he is the one who brings darkness...

May the fates hold off the coming of the storm.

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