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[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a "Subscription Edition," "Subscription Type," and a "subscription status."

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's an interesting thing when companies will gladly take all routes possible to make their employees miserable just to pinch a few extra coins of profit out but when a truly money saving action is available it will not be rolled out because of "fear" of people complaining about minor details.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IT changes usually affect management as well, while "cost saving" in production doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again, interesting how real cost saving solutions are never implemented.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Because it's not a real cost savings when everything is figured in...like hiring/training help desk staff to support Linux, or management signing off on risks (or even spending the project time on quantifying those risks).

Enterprise IT is far more complex than most people realize. Sometimes the upfront cost difference is quickly lost in a sea of predictable (or unpredictable) down-stream costs.

Above all, pushing changes with unknown/unvetted risks will be met with a lot of resistance - because risk usually comes with hard to predict costs, in IT terms and in downtime, lost productivity, exposure to legal issues, etc.