Most average users consider Microsoft a trusted source, that’s the root cause of a whole lot of crap.

I remember when I installed SP3 for XP… On my AMD machine.

Lack of trust in Microsoft started on that fateful day.

For those in particular, they had 2 and 4 TBT3 models.

I thought this was pretty universally known in the US because I’m not from the US and never been further south than NYC when I did visit, but even I have seen it in some movie and immediately picked it up based on the tone and connect. I mean it was pretty much “he said something incredibly stupid” -> “oh bless his heart” between some southern grandmas

Might’ve been Big Mommas House, might’ve been something else entirely.

I like how for different people it can be the beginning OR the end of that ID that tips them off.

That’s fair. This being the Fediverse, private messages aren’t private either, so protect yourself!

I reckon they might be using a lot of Windows specific libraries, making any porting a real pain in the ass. And when you’re in that space, unfortunately people just have to choose the OS that goes with their applications, not the other way around.

It’s literally easier to start an entirely new CAD/CAM project and make that cross-platform. Unfortunately, that’s a 7 or 8 figure proposition to get started as well (probably 8 for a polished product that can pull proper market share).

What software is that? Is it something with a really heavy desktop client by nature (e.g CAD, video editing), or could it instead have a browser-based frontend?

Now I wish you’d tell us what the company is so if I ever need anything in that industry, I’d know where to buy from.

Easiest is to just create an account with fake info. They don’t do any KYC for regular users AFAIK.

OP is the original OP. Probably. Reddit poster’s name is the same as the Lemmy poster’s name.

Yeah I’d much rather take that over any sexuality. It’s a much deeper insight into my personality than just “straight”.

I’m saying they might send people the bill and then these people (well, companies) are going to have to fight it in court, where they’ll be right for sure, but Microsoft can make a lot of stupid arguments to prolong the whole thing, to the point where it’s cheaper to pay the license fee. For one they could say that continued use of the operating system constitutes agreement to licenses and pricing.

Either way this is server 2025 not windows 12. We’re talking about companies here, not people.

It is, but they never forced anyone to take the update, so that might save their asses, or it might not

Ah, but did you read the article?

MS didn’t force it, Heimdal auto-updated it for their customers based on the assumption that Microsoft would label the update properly instead of it being labeled as a regular security patch. Microsoft however made a mistake (on purpose or not? Who knows…) in labeling it.

His official title is commander-in-chief. The generals answer to him AFAIK.

I reckon that in all likelihood the Project 2025 folks will piss him off at some point and he’ll just throw a tantrum and refuse to work with them. Doesn’t mean he’ll suddenly turn into a leftist, but if he doesn’t play ball, they’ll have trouble getting anything passed.

It would help your point if you told us what these virtual spaces being bulldozed are.

productivity increase will pay for that over the next month or so

Found the fellow Rust developer

Cargo build universe

Introducing vimux, the brand new distro nobody has any idea how to exit!

Wait, do people shut down their computers when they’re done using them?

I know I did on the desktop PC we had at home when I was a kid… But now the desktop doubles as a homeserver (and does that more than it does gaming lately) and the laptop just goes to sleep rather than shutting it down.