Microsoft wants you to own a computer and pay for their office app on subscription. The others want you to just let go of hardware and be a part of their AI ecosystems.
Microsoft wants you to own a computer and pay for their office app on subscription.
Windows 11 has been pivoting hard into SaaS and Cloud Computing. A lot of the data center build out of driving indie data hosting companies and hardware manufacturers out of business.
One way or another, we’re being pushed onto a fully Walled Garden ecosystem.
Microsoft are also toying with renting people cloud desktops they will never own. They’ve already got cloud gaming, and they’re as much in on AI as anyone.
They could practically rename themselves Azure at this point, with Office as a product line. Since they have decided to stop naming themselves Copilot at every level I guess. Everything is cloud now with them. Hell I have an Azure VM myself hosting a ton of sites, most cost effective than on-prem for me. Sigh.
Microsoft does not care about you, your computer or your licence. Microsoft cares about having a monopoly in business applications. By being the only player in this field, they ensure that they remain the (almost) only OS on personal computer. If your work uses Microsoft, your school will teach you Microsoft and you will more than likely buy a laptop to run Microsoft product. And they will collect everything.
Microsoft wants you to own a computer and pay for their office app on subscription. The others want you to just let go of hardware and be a part of their AI ecosystems.
Windows 11 has been pivoting hard into SaaS and Cloud Computing. A lot of the data center build out of driving indie data hosting companies and hardware manufacturers out of business.
One way or another, we’re being pushed onto a fully Walled Garden ecosystem.
Microsoft are also toying with renting people cloud desktops they will never own. They’ve already got cloud gaming, and they’re as much in on AI as anyone.
They could practically rename themselves Azure at this point, with Office as a product line. Since they have decided to stop naming themselves Copilot at every level I guess. Everything is cloud now with them. Hell I have an Azure VM myself hosting a ton of sites, most cost effective than on-prem for me. Sigh.
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Microsoft does not care about you, your computer or your licence. Microsoft cares about having a monopoly in business applications. By being the only player in this field, they ensure that they remain the (almost) only OS on personal computer. If your work uses Microsoft, your school will teach you Microsoft and you will more than likely buy a laptop to run Microsoft product. And they will collect everything.