• Syndic@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Serious question, I don’t get the “forced” part. Could you clarify this for me?

    • GreyBeard@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Microsoft has been making hostile moves on licensing for on-prem/non subscription products for a while now. They want you to give up on local resources. Of course you could go to a competitor, but the only large competitor in the US is basically Google, and their offerings are not well tailored to business.

      • Eheran@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I still don’t get it, how did Microsoft force them to switch? Offering something is not forcing?