Big if
What if they keep the hardware and move to Linux?
Windows 11 migration projects, long hoped for by Microsoft and PC chums, are picking up. But a report from asset management biz Lansweeper indicates the rush is on with "millions" of devices still running Windows 10. Just last month, Michael Dell - you know who he is - and HP CEO Enrique Lores - admitted that enterprise …
That may not be viable. Large enterprises have an awful lot of infrastructure to replace or update if they change operating systems. Domain controllers, MDM systems, software deployment servers. Then there is sourcing the software, and training. Open source may not be an option because while it is mostly excellent, and probably would work, large companies like to have someone who is responsible (in a legal sense) for the software, and someone they can sue if it doesn't work..
That said, if they are having to buy an entire fleet of PCs, that would offset the cost of upgraded the server infrastructure.
Oh knock it off.
If companies could do that without totally disrupting the back-end services, they would have done it already.
Stop touting Linux as the obvious solution to all IT woes. It isn't.
Not without a hell of lot of expensive preperation and the full support of management up and down the hierarchy.
Let's see, Linux has been around since the early nineties. So more than thirty years to identify M$s abusive practices, against Linux, BeOS etc. (even IBM), and later their own users.
Thirty whole years to do something about it.
I say live with your bad decisions, suckers!
And don't complain when we say we told you so!
Oh I absolutely agree.
Windows only exists in the business market because of the vast amount of sheeple who can't, for the life of them, imagine using anything else.
Unfortunately, it is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Those who are intelligent enough to use Linux already are.
The morons are infected with Windows and will remain so.
Many corporations only keep Windows because of Office.
I mentioned Linux, but I've seen corporations abandoned PCs and moved to Macs. Given Apple hardware is still league above anything that is currently on the market and surprisingly competitively priced, many employees were actually very happy with this.
Linux might not be "the obvious solution to all IT woes". It is, however, a viable alternative for a lot of users, especially SMB's. I gave being hostage to Microsoft as soon as I saw the mess that is Windows 11 from the start, and it has not got any better.
I feel truly sorry for those compelled to use Windows, for whatever reason and in whatever environment. As "David Austen" comments, there is going to be lot of usable second-hand kit about next year for us Linux users.
Many SMB and Enterprise IT houses are - rightly or wrongly - dependent on Windows; The idea of moving to *nix to keep perfectly fine pre 2018/2019 kit just won't come up as a discussion point for many of them; They'd rather run Windows 10 unsupported than switch OS.
So, rather than predicting a big uptick on Desktop Linux installs, I'm going to say if you're a hobbyist or enthusiast, get ready for some amazing deals on powerful-but-old enterprise kit - Get ready to grab a good deal on your next project box.
Just so enterprises can prepare early for the next upgrade..........
Windows 11 24H2 IoT is given a 10 year lifecycle, starting last week. So, 2034 minimum. End date for Win11 has not been discussed yet.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-11-iot-enterprise-ltsc
Greenpeace's phone number?
Or any one of the various eco-lobby groups.
I'm sure they'd be interested in
"Microsoft force the scrapping of 100s of thousands of perfectly good personal computers just so they can sell you the latest windows version."
Naww didn't think they'd be interested.
just arrived yesterday and I have 3 weeks to move everything over and ship the old machine back. After messing with my daughter's Win11 machine I am NOT looking forward to this.
My personal machine still runs Win7, and is literally falling apart. I bought a new machine to run Linux on but before I could the wifi card went bad during a Microsoft update, and several attempts to use Linux have not worked. I guess I'll have to buy yet another machine. I may be forced to use Windows at work, but that doesn't mean I have to.