Subj : Re: negate the new Win11
To   : August Abolins
From : Mortar M.
Date : Mon Dec 29 2025 01:07:56

  Re: Re: negate the new Win11
  By: August Abolins to All on Sun Dec 28 2025 10:17:00

 > Businesses should consider linux, imho. The costs could then be
 > less!  :D

Unfortunately, it's not as easy as that.  Medium to large companies are notoriously slow to changes in their IT setup due to cost and time required.  Companies will stick with a system as long as possible, even if they have to pay for the priviledge to do so.  Where I work is a good example.  We're using computers that are at least 10 years old, we're still using Windows 10 (which didn't happen for over a year after its release) and we're using software that's two and three versions old.

Then there's the business mentality, which is even harder to over come.  Thanks to Microsoft's marketing and hard-handed deals with hardware manufacturers over the decades, businesses believe MS is the only way to go and so have become entranched with that ecosystem.  The idea of giving that up for whole new setup, even if is better, faster, cheaper, would be unthinkable in their minds.

This isn't anecdotal.  this situation has been written up numerous times over the years in various business and texh magazines, as well as my own experiences where I work.

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