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Re:Schools should be using open source software by fartcannon on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @01:20AM (#31566346)
Then it will come with the money. You think those companies that currently offer it for windows will just fold? No. They'll spend a week learning the difference, and claim to have 20 years experience administering Linux or whatever.
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Re:Schools should be using open source software by scarface74 on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:55AM (#31569518)
You think it only takes a week to transistors an entire large enterprise?
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Re:Schools should be using open source software by fartcannon on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:21AM (#31569814)
My old company had to use Skype for business for over a year because Teams didn't support phone calls! It was ridiculous. And that's with the so called 'support' Microsoft provided.

They survived.

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Re:Schools should be using open source software by scarface74 on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:30AM (#31569911)
You haven’t been on either side of a large technical migration. It literally takes years and millions of dollars.

I have been doing just that for years, first at smaller companies and now working with large organizations on the other side at BigTech.

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Re:Schools should be using open source software by fartcannon on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @11:03AM (#31570335)
I believe you. I'm sure it's quite a challenge.
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