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Re:GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023 by jacquesm on Monday February 13, 2023 @02:21PM (#34778798)
1% of the world -> you are missing out on whole orgs that use Chromebooks.

I'm sure that if you use the whole Windows enchilada that it may work, but given that Microsoft has shipped a Linux desktop client[1] I would expect that thing to simply work.

It doesn't. Besides wanting to run all the time even when you're not in a teams meeting. Video conferencing is all about seamless integration, it should get out of the way as much as possible and as soon as the tool becomes the focal point of the meeting in my book you've failed to deliver.

[1] https://petri.com/microsoft-replace-teams-linux-client-progr...

And they retired it, apparently because they agreed with my assessment or it isn't worth their trouble.

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Re:GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023 by blibble on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:28PM (#34779886)
> but given that Microsoft has shipped a Linux desktop client[1] I would expect that thing to simply work.

this is the entire Microsoft business model:

    1. identify a competitor's product
    2. clone it, but only spend enough engineering effort to make it sound plausible enough to tick the required boxes for evaluation by someone won't have to use it
    3. bundle it with your other products (so no need to compete on quality)
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