• @CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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      2311 months ago

      There’s probably one computer at most per employee, but each employee already has a non Windows cell phone. Most servers run Linux. Then there’s Linux in a bunch of small devices as well. Windows is a small part of that pie and only getting smaller.

      • @alcasa
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        411 months ago

        Windows Server is rather common in large enterprise software. All the stuff you pray you never have to interface with

        • @Asudox@lemmy.world
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          111 months ago

          It sure is convenient. You get a user friendly GUI. But the stability, the resource intensity and the spyware. It’s really a retarded decision to build your servers on Windows Server.

          • @msage@programming.dev
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            110 months ago

            Yes, but some software, and it’s usually a financial application, requires a Windows Server.

            I’ve seen it more than once, as I had to set up the machine, I was dying inside, but there was just no alternative that the accounting could use.

      • @LinuxSBC@lemm.ee
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        211 months ago

        It’s really common. The IT people know how to use Windows, and they need Active Directory to manage their Windows devices, so they just use Windows Server.