Comment by Y_Y
6 days ago
I'm pleased at the overall tide here. I think governments especially ought to use and contribute back to FOSS.
When I see announcements like this it does make me worry that MS (or whatever vendor) will try to make an example of them; by submarining stories about how the switchover is hard, non-techie civil servants want to keep what they're "used to", LibreOffice is technically inferior (no comment on that one, I think all office suites I've seen are junk).
I have my fingers crossed, but my chickens uncounted.
I know many infrastructure techies that prefer Windows and swear that it's easier to maintain a Windows network.
With regards to end users, I think the only office software that still has an undeniable grip is Excel, but as people use Google Sheets more and more, the idea of using something different is becoming less absurd.
I've also known some that prefer a Linux network. However one thing that is pretty objective: it will be harder managing a network with both kinds of machines than either one individually, which will inevitably happen for some period during the changeover. Also it's clearly hard to change from one to another when you have a team who only needed skills in one previously - that is one of the things that seems likely to sink an effort like this.
Windows does have better user and device administrators tools. However, this doesn't stop people using Macs, which are absolutely terrible for mass administration.
Macs are fine for mass admin. Companies like Meta, SAP, and IBM have fleets numbering in the 6 figures that they manage with no issue.
I manage almost a thousand Macs at a financial institution with ease.
If you’re using Intune for Mac management, I would understand your perspective a bit more.