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The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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Opinion | Microsoft, tactically admitting it has failed at talking all the Windows 10 PC users into moving to Windows 11 after all, is – sort of, kind of – extending Windows 10 support for another year.

For most users, that means they'll need to subscribe to Microsoft 365. This, in turn, means their data and meta-information will be kept in a US-based datacenter. That isn't sitting so well with many European Union (EU) organizations and companies. It doesn't sit that well with me or a lot of other people either.

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[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

According to microsoft, as an enterprise (and other factors) you can buy Advanced Data Residency add-on (ADR) such that your data resides in the country of your choice, not the US.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/enterprise/advanced-data-residency?view=o365-worldwide

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

That is good to know.

Though the ask here is getting pretty large:

The OS requires a paid license
In order to continue receiving security updates, you have to pay an additional subscription fee
If you want all your hoovered data to reside in your own country, you have to pay even more

[–] PolarKraken@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

Yeesh. For the privilege of yourself and your users working with a horrible buggy mess of half replaced, half duplicated (triplicated? worse?) apps and features.

And a near guarantee that in a 5 year timeframe, you see 1+ others who paid for that "data in my own jurisdiction" service somehow get fucked in ways they shouldn't, be it leak or strongarm or whatever.

I'm not suggesting Windows is doomed or anything extreme, but they have cratered their credibility with anyone paying attention. Whole thing feels closer to poorly strung together malware than a serious OS to me.

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