enjoy getting support.
You mean support that can be provided not by a single incumbent, but by multiple companies and you can choose the one you prefer?
lol you think someone is going to provide support for a linux desktop app. ok
You think Nextcloud is a linux desktop app?
Anyway, on https://nextcloud.com/partners/ for example you could talk to…
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Or maybe these
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Or perhaps
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The list goes on.
Great news! It’s much more beneficial for all involved parties. Also, as the article mentions, moving to FOSS doesn’t mean you’re on your own. Just like Microsoft “Partners” help with integration and smooth operation, there are similar agencies offering the same services for FOSS solutions.
Not only that, but feedback and bugfixes to FOSS software indirectly benefits others too instead of some Microsoft manager. So, good use of tax money benefiting citizens and everyone else!
Microsoft Teams remains available specifically for external meetings (read: for people who haven’t moved away from Teams).
Someone should tell them they can invite external people to their Nextcloud Meetings. Or a dozen other FOSS meeting platforms…
As much as I want to make a joke about Teams sucking this will be the foothold that Microsoft uses to work their way back in.
Its what people know and are familiar with and it might cause enough friction to undo the migration.
Seems unlikely. I use both on a regular basis and Nextcloud Talk is way better, as well as being better integrated into the platform.
Jitsi rocks my bitsies
And sometimes you are the external person being invited… And then you’ll need Teams regardless of your own meeting solution…
If more of the EU moves to FOSS solutions that’ll be massive for the community. (And a big driver for recruiting Linux sysadmins)
It’s the perfect solution just waiting to be kickstarted.
The entire world would gain so much from investing into FOSS. Just a fraction of the price of locked-in solutions, and it would change the world.
The Linux kernel development structure works really well for industry. A lot of companies which depend on Linux hire people specifically to contribute to kernel development. The companies benefit in getting their specific needs met and we all benefit from the improvements they’ve made to the kernel.
Look at how much better the WINE ecosystem is now that Valve has developers working on Proton. It went from a neat piece of software that had a lot of rough edges and required someone with a bit of technical knowledge to ‘Check the compatibility box’ in about 2 years.
This kind of FOSS interaction is a much more sustainable and scalable structure than the entire world paying one company who then hires all of the developers and charges everyone a premium.
