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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Bit of context:

As such, it is generously removing the ten licenses for Microsoft 365 Business Premium that it previously granted to non-profits. The replacement? "We are transitioning to provide up to 300 licenses of Microsoft 365 Business Basic and discounts of up to 75 percent on many Microsoft 365 offers to nonprofits."

One could argue that 300 free licenses of Business basic is better than 10 free licenses of Business Premium, especially if the non-profit has more than 10 employees.

A business premium nonprofit license is $5.50 per user per month, so to get it back for those 10 users it would cost them $660.

Business basic was $1 per user per month with the previous non-profit discount.

This means that any non-profit with 55 employees would be no worse off now, but any with more than 55 employees will be better off with the updated plan and discounts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yes, in the number of licenses they will be better off.

But without business premium the loose entra id P1, so lots of functionality will be lost there, and they will loose the windows license premium has, meaning they will either have to buy windows licenses or switch to Linux to be compliant on their devices.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Entra for 10 people is unnecessary.

What windows license? The ones that every computer comes with already?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

scream in John Malkovich's voice:

"FUCK MICROSOFT"

On the flip side, please keep digging yourself in a hole, Microsoft. More incentive to join Linux for us users.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

Thankfully libreoffice

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Micropenis still thinking they can use their "monopoly" to their advantage is cute. Js giving Linux and other competitors a higher marketshare for free

[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I wish I had fuck you money. I'd use it to bankroll the development of LibreOffice and all the other alternatives to MS365 and get them integrated. Then I'd start a massive training program to teach people how to use them.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

The french government is kinda doing that right now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Libre le France

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