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by jack_tripper 235 days ago
That's why like 80%+(?) of corporate world runs Windows client side for their laptops/workstations. They don't want to have to rewrite their shit whenever the OS vendor pushes an update.

Granted, that's less of an issue now with most new SW being written in JS to run in any browser but old institutions like banks, insurances, industrial, automation, retail chains, etc still run some ancient Java/C#/C++ programs they don't want to, or can't update for reasons but it keeps the lights on.

Which is why I find it adorable when people in this bubble think all those industries will suddenly switch to Macs.
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AdamN 235 days ago
they use Windows because it's ostensibly cheap and there's momentum. I don't think any modern tech company is majority Windows.
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user_7832 235 days ago
One of my previous companies gave top of the line workstations with 4k touchscreens and i9s to literally everyone junior and below a particular grade. I'm quite sure they could've saved 1000s of dollars per laptop by going with a reasonable MacBook.

(Ironically, windows 11 + corporate bloatware made the laptops super laggy. Go figure.)

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pjmlp 235 days ago
It surely is outside US, and countries with similar income level.

https://www.accio.com/business/operating-system-market-share...

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AdamN 235 days ago
That's overall market share. Agree Windows use is high but in general the more tech-forward the company is the less Windows there is at it.
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pjmlp 235 days ago
So only 13% of the world desktop users might be employeed at a tech-forward company.

Might, because the number is even less, when we differenciate between companies and home use.

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wolvesechoes 235 days ago
> more tech-forward

That may be surprising for people here, but technology is not synonymous with software.

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jack_tripper 234 days ago
>but in general the more tech-forward the company is the less Windows there is at it. reply

Only if you count food delivery apps, crypto Ponzi scheme unicorns, Ad-services and SaaS start-ups as "tech-forward" exclusively, because you're omitting a lot of other tech companies your daily life in the civilized world depends on, which operate mainly on Windows, like where I work now.

Is designing and building semiconductors not "technology"? Or MRI machines? Or jets? Or car engines?

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Yeul 234 days ago
The whole world does not consist of the tech industry.
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