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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by briHass on Saturday January 24, 2026 @08:43PM (#46749799)
M365 (the business plans) are an insane value, with zero competition. Remote management of devices, zero-touch provisioning of new hardware, full security suite, etc.

There's nothing OSS or commercial that even comes close, especially for the price.

I'm sure the average small business doesn't even use half of the functionality, but it's all there when they want to get serious about security/administration, or it can be outsourced to turnkey MSPs.

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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by fragmede on Saturday January 24, 2026 @08:49PM (#46749841)
> with zero competition

Google Workspace with Chromebooks. No windows endpoints getting a virus or ransomware or some other malware. It's all about the bubble you're in. Mine, windows isn't even needed anymore for games because SteamOS is sufficiently there for the games we play.

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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by jemmyw on Saturday January 24, 2026 @09:02PM (#46749922)
Not helping with your US/big tech dependence though
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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by mjevans on Saturday January 24, 2026 @09:15PM (#46749994)
It's roughly the same price (or even more expensive) and doesn't include Outlook... which is THE crack application for all those windows addicts.

You could absolutely nail the document compatibility aspect and it still wouldn't be enough because of freaking Outlook.

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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by ccakes on Saturday January 24, 2026 @11:48PM (#46750831)
10 years ago I would have agreed with you but these days.. Outlook has been crapped on so much that Google Workspaces are competitive imo
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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by wolvoleo on Sunday January 25, 2026 @05:25AM (#46752711)
Agreed, the 'new' outlook destroyed everything that was good about outlook. Which wasn't even all that good by the way, it was just the best but that says more about the competition than about outlook itself.
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