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by tempcommenttt 695 days ago
Because of vendor lock in. Companies that have used windows for a long time have software that is essential and not available on Linux. Replacement is hard, you need to be really committed to get rid of it.
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Also, some departments depend on Microsoft office and excel. I used to work in a company that managed to get rid of 95% of all office installations, but after a management change controlling leaked excel back into the company and now it’s back to 100% Microsoft.