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Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022 (mastodon.gamedev.place)

submitted 7 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft has been telegraphing these moves for years now tbh.

[–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 32 points 7 months ago (3 children)

That doesn't make it right.

And not everyone can dump Windows for Linux. We run a lot of software that requires Windows. Changing is impractical if not impossible.

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

it's becoming much much easier every year to switch to OSS alternatives or at least Linux compatible software. There's basically nothing categorical that can't run on Linux, even gaming is making tremendous strides.

[–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There’s basically nothing categorical that can’t run on Linux...

From a desktop standpoint, I agree. From a business server infrastructure standpoint, I disagree completely. We run tons of software that doesn't run on Linux. Maybe there are alternatives, but there are other aspects in play (integrations with other services, vendor pricing, etc).

It's not just desktops that people worry about.

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

And that's why any proprietary lock-in is the devil.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

Never said it was right, why would you think that?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago

Depending on what your doing there are alternatives or you could run it in a VM