Post B9tIkcFPwMW0KaGl4C by fionescu@bsd.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #B9p6zGhOMeeRlBjcgK by dangillmor@mastodon.social
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       If you trust your data to a company like Microsoft, you are gambling with your future, as a slew of nonprofits discovered to their horror. https://slate.com/technology/2026/08/microsoft-software-nonprofit-data-delete.html
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pBawU0NI6Tslh1rE by schymans@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor Microsoft's behaviour is despicable, and there is no need to rely on their products. For every Microsoft product there is an adequate or even better open source alternative. The article fails to mention this and instead sounds a if the organisations only had a choice between a "free" (as in unpaid) and a paid licence with Microsoft. This borders on negligent reporting. #Microsoft #foss
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pFDlsQ2ewU8zJqd6 by yora@mastodon.gamedev.place
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       @dangillmor "One backup is no backup."
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pGb9YcGQhiCclmkq by khleedril@cyberplace.social
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       @dangillmor MS has been squashing the futures of small, medium and non-profit enterprises since its inception. Extermination of competition might be the company's most important business line.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pI8TSFPJEDQJF9LE by shadowwwind@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor shit, thank you!!!
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pJB7UHdYLA7H1Mxs by pa27@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor Cloud is ok for backup, but only that. And not your only backup. Onedrive, like teams, is simply not fit for purpose. I have office 365 provided by a client, but I don't use it for anything else and all the data is kept local.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pLziwaqe0kfoWKTg by DjityDjity@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor Feeling good about severing all my device links to microsoft and will exit completely from google on Monday.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pQP8fijH61WV0Dho by utf_7@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor doubt it is gone forever. wasnt there something similar with a famous streamer, where after MS said everything is gone. after it went viral, MS was able to restore it?
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pTuA6tjOYqp8CPaa by reverendrobodummy@dobbs.town
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       @dangillmor Dirty shit.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pX1fNMBX8NgJASLQ by decapitae@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor Microsoft doesn't deserve what they stole
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pj58cH7mGcgjZF7Q by failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to
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       @dangillmor Dan, I am sorry, but it is the year 2026If you don't have a local (physical) backup copy of your data, and your cloud data is lost, taht is on youreally: backing up data to a local physical object is like brushing your teeth; you don't have to do it, but if you have cavities it might well be your fault
       
 (DIR) Post #B9tIkcFPwMW0KaGl4C by fionescu@bsd.cafe
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       @dangillmor Atrocious, but, sadly, entirely predictible. Ever since Agent Orange stepped again into office, Microsoft have become a hazard even more than before.