MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry

Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by bitcharmer on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @06:36AM (#35800524)

This is what happens when good engineering principles get replaced by greedy MBAs and chasing shareholder value

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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by marcosdumay on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @10:17AM (#35802683)

Well, it's more likely that it's because the greedy MBAs are unable to chase shareholder value, so they just pushed down the task into fiefdom leaders.

I mean, it's Edge that they are work so hard to push. What do they actually gain from doing that? It's stupid all the way down.

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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by coffeeling on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @01:21PM (#35805062)

Bing adoption. Microsoft wants to get a bigger piece of the ad pie, and they hired a former Yandex exec to run it if I'm not mistaken.

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