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Re:Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open sou... by patates on Friday April 10, 2026 @08:23AM (#47717041)
Writing this from a corporate win11 computer, the whole thing is so laggy, it's unbelievable. Last year, I had revived my old desktop from 2007 with an intel Q6600, windows xp and a clicky dying HDD, and that thing flied compared to this. Dear Microsoft and its partners (Especially DELL!), what the hell happened?!
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Re:Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open sou... by IcePic on Friday April 10, 2026 @08:49AM (#47717359)
In some sense, "you did".

Your actions, intentional and direct or not, allowed for one more sale of Win11 and an accompanying sad Dell computer, giving them the signal (however weak from you as one single individual) that whatever crap they have been doing up to now, still is a good choice in order to sell one of those combinations.

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Re:Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open sou... by patates on Monday April 13, 2026 @06:21AM (#47750044)
In some sense, "you also did".

You couldn't argue the case on the internet better, and convince enough people not to give the signal that it's okay. We are all guilty :)

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Re:Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open sou... by user2722 on Friday April 10, 2026 @09:13AM (#47717657)
I'd say most big companies are rent-seekers which also happen to do <whatever>.

So, what happened is Microsoft is first a rent-seeker and afterwards, a service and software company.

The fix may vary, but I'm guessing the diagnosis is rather less divisive.

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Re:Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open sou... by fodkodrasz on Friday April 10, 2026 @09:33AM (#47717910)
Corporate Windows == CrowdStrike, Sentinel One, or other US Government in disguise Malware.
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Re:Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open sou... by pjmlp on Friday April 10, 2026 @01:11PM (#47721044)
It would be the same with Apple or anything Linux, due to the shitty compliance software that had to be installed regardless of the operating system.
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