Potatos_are_not_friendstoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·6 months agoMicrosoft reveals costs of Windows 10 end of life security update — and it might be more than you'd expect(www.techradar.com)external-linkarrow-up1179arrow-down120message-square84fedilink
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft reveals costs of Windows 10 end of life security update — and it might be more than you'd expect(www.techradar.com)Potatos_are_not_friendstoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·6 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareDukeofdummiesarrow-up17arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkI mean, Microsoft isn’t free. Linux is.
minus-squareMossy Feathers (They/Them)Englisharrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months agolinkfedilinkTrue, 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-squarelemmyvoreEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkAre your network, systems and infrastructure managing themselves?
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friendsOPEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkWe 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.