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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft will easily provide all of a consulting companies employees with free Azure services, Office and other discounts if they enter in an exclusivity agreement to sell their tech stack.

I never thought about that. my job we use some software made by oracle. I have wondered how much it would cost to make a linux version or wine compatible

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I watched the process where a set of Unix machines we had were up for replacement. The first version of the request had as the preferred option IBM hardware and Linux, the second version - after it had been to the executives - had the preferred option as IBM hardware and AIX

Like the exec knew what either were, but they would have had a consultant check the proposal. Then they pretend to have respect for the professionals they employ