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  • And then you get blamed when it breaks, so they switch back to what they know and use a ready-made solution from Microsoft with full 24/7 support package.

    Because it is more important for it to work reliably and be fixed quickly, than for it to not be proprietary or not made by some evil corporation.

    Downtime costs money.

    I know Linux can be extremely reliable, but they rarely have all the bells and whistles that Microsoft offers and are rarely compatible with all the other software they are already using.

    Having multiple different systems overlapping also adds overhead.

    So I doubt you will be able to convince many like that. It is easy looking at it from a tech perspective, but they don’t make those decisions.



  • Honytawk@lemmy.ziptolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldWhats his problem?
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    20 days ago

    If a game isn’t sold on Steam, It isn’t going to sell well.

    Because of the huge amount of Valve fanboys who only buy games if they are on Steam.

    Games on other stores might as well not exist.

    And more, if a game even dares to launch on a different store, it would garner unfavour of all those Valve fanboys and hurt their sales even if afterwards it does launch on Steam.

    It is a user enforced monopoly.














  • Honytawk@lemmy.ziptolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldWas this reply helpful?
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    24 days ago

    So what you are saying is that if someone has a problem with Linux, replying with “just install Windows” is a valid fix?

    You “fixed” the issue by giving them 10 more problems.

    Are you also giving them alternatives to all the software they use daily that isn’t compatible with Linux?

    What if they have hardware that is incompatible? Like Nvidea and certain printers?

    You are essentially telling them to rip out everything and start anew. Which just isn’t feasible or even necessary when they just have one problem.

    So no, you did not fix anything.


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    24 days ago

    Does it solve whatever Windows problem they were having?

    No? Then it is not helpful.

    It is like asking for help to fix a hole in your pants, and someone replies with “just buy a skirt”.

    I’ve replied to someone having a problem with Linux to just install Windows. It is the exact same useless vibe.