Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoMicrosoft reveals costs of Windows 10 end of life security update — and it might be more than you'd expectwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down120
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft reveals costs of Windows 10 end of life security update — and it might be more than you'd expectwww.techradar.comPotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareDukeofdummies@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 months agoI mean, Microsoft isn’t free. Linux is.
minus-squareMossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoTrue, it’s just that if businesses are already using Windows + Office 365, then it’d just be the usual monthly/yearly cost wouldn’t it? Maybe they were just talking about their office specifically though.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoAre your network, systems and infrastructure managing themselves?
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoWe never had windows servers. So there was never a licensing cost there.
I mean, Microsoft isn’t free. Linux is.
True, it’s just that if businesses are already using Windows + Office 365, then it’d just be the usual monthly/yearly cost wouldn’t it? Maybe they were just talking about their office specifically though.
Are your network, systems and infrastructure managing themselves?
We never had windows servers. So there was never a licensing cost there.