It was always the Office suite that was the core of Microsoft. Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. Businesses can’t get off due to the perceived disruption.
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Linux mint is perfect for my needs, and its pretty cool once you get used to doing stuff in terminal, although its still very user friendly for most. Microslop can suck my nuts.
Microsoft needs to accept that their time has passed
Microsoft Needs ~~Windows Lite, No telemetry, no spying, no ads, no AI, no .NET, to retain gamers and developers~~ To Fuck Off And Die, Cold, Hungry And Alone, Like The Shit Cunt It Is
That won't work. How are you supposed to draw the line between what is/isn't spyware? Inevitably, MS would say, "we don't consider this to be telemetry/spyware/etc." and users will disagree, and MS will tell them to shove it.
Besides, Google has all of the shit that's mentioned and gamers/developers don't care, so I doubt it would make any difference at all. The fact is, Windows is a garbage system to develop for. Linux is the best system to use for deployments, Windows will never come close, and that's ultimately what's going to decide where developers go. And gamers are too niche for MS to care. The dominoes will really start falling when business customers start switching to Linux en masse.
And this is inevitable. When it comes to business use, open systems always win in the end.
All the things that are easily disabled? -Sounds as foolish as having a distro for changing wallpaper, fonts and color scheme.