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   H. Faust (hfaust@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 00:03:25 JST H. Faust
   Microsoft never changed.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 00:03:24 JST 翠星石

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     @hfaust >Not enough spine to write nonfree
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     mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius: (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 00:11:47 JST mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:

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     > Microsoft's "Free" Plan to Upgrade Government Cybersecurity Was Designed to Box Out Competitors and Drive Profits, Insiders Say
     NO SHIT !!!!!
     
     Microsoft is distributing their shit as if it were freeware while it isn't since win7.
     It's one of the only companies that can sell at a loss because their economical model is based on keeping it's userbase in it's sandbox.
     As for revenue they still get money from all the pc brands licensing even tho they don't necessarily sell the pcs. Then they get money as databrokers, Then they get money as tax deductions for "free" licensing for education. Then they also get money for SaaSS and minitel type of next gen pc clients.
     
     They're everywhere because they know that most people are fed up with them. People would ditch them if they could but MS has done everything to crush competitors be it via woke subversion in communities or bribing certain foundation by giving them money etc..
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 00:16:47 JST 翠星石

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     • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
     @mangeurdenuage @hfaust >one of the only companies that can sell at a loss
     microsoft never sells at a loss.
     
     For them to provide a copy of software and generate "license keys" costs them ≈$0.
     
     >Then they get money as tax deductions for "free" licensing for education.
     Yes, in many cases they EARN money based off the full "sale price", of copies that actually cost them ≈$0 to provide.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 00:17:34 JST 翠星石

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     • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
     @hfaust @mangeurdenuage The first one takes freedom away rather than grants it.
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     H. Faust (hfaust@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 00:17:35 JST H. Faust

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     • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
     @mangeurdenuage The first one is free*
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     H. Faust (hfaust@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 01:18:16 JST H. Faust

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     "The White House Offer, as it was known inside Microsoft, would dispatch Microsoft consultants across the federal government to install the company’s cybersecurity products — which, as a part of the offer, were provided free of charge for a limited time.
     
     But once the consultants installed the upgrades, federal customers would be effectively locked in, because shifting to a competitor after the free trial would be cumbersome and costly, according to former Microsoft employees involved in the effort, most of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared professional repercussions. At that point, the customer would have little choice but to pay for the higher subscription fees."
     
     Classic Microsoft
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