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Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ... by palmotea on Friday January 30, 2026 @01:06PM (#46827727)
So how many dozens of organizations can you work for?
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Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ... by willturman on Friday January 30, 2026 @01:14PM (#46827822)
More and more every day.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/01/27/france-to-ditch-us-...

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Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ... by palmotea on Friday January 30, 2026 @01:18PM (#46827872)
> More and more every day.

That's not a bad thing.

But I think its totally unrealistic and impractical to deal with this kind of thing by being so choosy that you won't work for an org that uses Microsoft. Actually acting that way probably just means choosing to be unemployed (for the vast majority, at least).

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Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ... by pousada on Friday January 30, 2026 @04:53PM (#46830461)
Honestly I don’t know. Pretty comfortable where I’m now and we would never even consider using any M$ products ever. I know US culture is more about job-hopping every other year but I’m at the same place for many years now
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