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[-] Giooschi@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Because some very important applications (microsoft office, adobe suit, some very popular multiplayer games, cad software etc etc) still don't work.

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

So not having enough software is due to not having many users, and not having many users is due to not having enough software, and the cycle repeats.

This is how Windows Phone got killed, ladies and gentlemen. But since Linux is open source, it's basically invincible.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Including a lot of corporate stuff like the Citrix application suite which admittedly barely even works on windows, and a whole load of telephony systems that require windows.

this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2024
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