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Posted by pbohun 5 hours ago

Microsoft Needs Windows Lite(philipbohun.com)
76 points | 98 commentspage 4
Nerdrotic 4 hours ago|
Charging for Windows Lite? Microsoft Lawsuit in 3...2...1...
ck2 4 hours ago||

     r/WindowsLTSC/wiki
mschuster91 4 hours ago||
> The biggest pull keeping people on Windows, outside of shear inertia, is content creation and gaming.

Oh hell no. The one big pull keeping people on Windows (and, for similar reasons, Office) is the insane amount of legacy enterprise stuff that depends on it.

WINE and, with it, Valve/Proton have done a lot in that regard, but still, it's by far not enough.

rolph 4 hours ago|
bundling with windows into OEM and big box distributions as a condition of licensed sale, penalizing non bundled sales, does a good job capturing the market.

OEM, retail, and consumers are not choosing the best product, they are hindered from having a choice.

Nerdrotic 4 hours ago||
Charging for Windows Lite? Lawsuit in 3...2...1...
daft_pink 4 hours ago||
it would also be really nice to have arm and x64.
andrewstuart 3 hours ago||
The politics is too powerful it will never truly happen.

There WILL be something slightly lighter with the ability to move the taskbar.

dvrp 4 hours ago||
Nice dream; the world is a bit more complicated than that.
stogot 3 hours ago||
Microsoft needs a “secure” windows lite, and a “secure” azure, and a “secure” token vending service, and a GitHub that is highly available. It has none of these today
outside1234 4 hours ago||
You probably can't make the math work at $49 because of the endless sustaining engineering that would need to be done for this.
otikik 4 hours ago|
How would this help any of the in-fighting MS teams get ahead next quarter?
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