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[-] phaedrus@piefed.world 1 points 3 months ago

Seems to me like there will be a split. A lot of critical thinkers that are frugal will move to Linux and up its market-share, but there will also be a lot of deals that companies make with cloud computing platforms as well for their employees instead of purchasing new laptops (which will probably also allow them to cut back on their IT staff).

Those that are still lost when it comes to tech from 20 years ago will also buy into cloud compute platforms just because they use it at work and can't be arsed to learn something slightly different.

[-] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

Yeah, this could spell the end for local installs of Microsoft office. Gdocs and o365 for everyone. Not sure if thats a win or loss.

[-] phaedrus@piefed.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I see it wholly as a loss, because it advances the idea of subscriptions for anything and everything, and Microsoft will be right there on the front lines taking advantage of the new revenue stream (so losing local installs won't hurt them at all and is what they're going for).

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