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Re:Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours by mattlondon on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:29AM (#50480685)
Citation needed.

Government I have no idea, but loads of businesses don't use Outlook - alternatives do exist. I've personally not used Outlook for well over a decade now.

Quick google AI mode check says:

- MS 365/Outlook: ~40%

- Google Workspace: ~25%

- Zoho: ~2%

And then a bunch of others - Rackspace, Zimbra, IBM WebSphere Lotus Notes Blue For Enterprise Service Bus Watson Edition et al

Re:Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours by kakacik on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:43AM (#50480825)
Every government globally with all parts and agencies is purely microsoft. Some EU states are trying to move away from it for obvious reasons (not this event, more like national security and sovereignty which you don't have with MS products).

Exchange and Active directory are the biggest obstacles by far, bureaucrats can learn how to work with open source office alternatives easily, and underlying OS can be anything as long as you have few icons to click on.

Re:Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours by oblio on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:47AM (#50480863)
> Zimbra, IBM WebSphere Lotus Notes Blue For Enterprise XML Watson Edition et al

I see that you're a hater. Outlook sucks but your solution is to cure cancer (Outlook) with Alzheimer's (Zimbra, Lotus Notes)?

Re:Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours by martinald on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:02AM (#50481037)
Depends what market you are in. In the UK I would estimate M365 usage is ~100% of local/national govt.

And in terms of classic 'corporate' sectors like law, finance, etc, it also close to 100%.

Whereas in "tech" it is far more likely to be Gmail.

I _still_ get people who are non technical that work in 'corporate' sectors that can't join a Google Meet because they think it is Teams. They literally haven't ever used a Google meeting before.

Re:Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours by r_lee on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:03AM (#50481051)
Rackspace?
Re:Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours by p2detar on Friday November 13, 2026 @11:56AM (#50486261)
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