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And that’s why I don’t use Microsoft 365

Microsoft, in case you haven’t heard, had an outage of global proportions yesterday (it’s still going on today but it seems that things are starting to run).

Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft 365 were the hardest hit. Which meant that businesses and other institutions who use Outlook for email and those who subscribe to Microsoft 365 were screwed.

I have to use Outlook for work. And that’s fine, it’s work and it’s up to them to keep it running.

But every time my home computer does a Windows update, I have to go through the litany and pages of ‘no, I don’t want Microsoft 365’ and ‘please for the love of all that is good, make One Drive go away’, which takes several minutes in the setup.

I have to jump through a million flaming hoops in order to buy Word/Excel/Access. And of course, every five years or so, my old version is ‘no longer supported’ so I have to do it again.

I’m thinking it is worth it.

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4 responses to “And that’s why I don’t use Microsoft 365”

  1. thexrayboy Avatar
    thexrayboy

    Doesn’t matter if it’s Microsoft, Google or some other provider. If its part of the “cloud” it can and never will fail at some point. If you hitch your business success to another company you are a hostage to that companies expertise…or lack thereof. Smart companies will have alternatives, back up plans. Most companies aren’t smart.

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  2. DougH Avatar
    DougH

    Switch to Linux (“Mint” for example). Feels like Windows, the price is right, and LibreOffice (also right price) is compatible with the MS products. Less susceptible to outages and viruses (not entirely. nothing is immune). Avoid “the cloud” at all cost – invest in extra hard drives for off-line storage

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  3. wildman Avatar
    wildman

    its obvious that microsoft needs to hire more h1b programmers,

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  4. crazyeighter Avatar
    crazyeighter

    What DougH said.

    I came over to the “Dark Side” when support for Windows 7 went away. The biggest thing I noticed that I decide when (and if) any updates occur. Biig change from Windows “Commencing update NOW.”

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