[dayglored]

Microsoft raised CERN's software license rate a full order of magnitude -- 10x -- and appears to have chased them away.

Switching away from Microsoft Windows and other MS proprietary software has worked well for some, not so well for others. Some municipalities dropped MS-Windows and MS-Office, switched to Linux and OpenOffice, but found it wasn't the cure-all they imagined. Others have been very successful at getting into open-source products and claim they'll never go back.

My guess is that CERN will be one of the successful ones.

[dayglored]

CERN says goodbye to Microsoft products ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[dayglored]

Here's CERN's own page about the migration project:

Microsoft Alternatives project (MAlt) https://home.cern/news/news/computing/microsoft-alternatives-project-malt

[SpaceBar]

They should have done this a long time ago.

[Snowybear]

It’s possible to rid thyself of Microsuck. The company I work for is free of it. There are plenty of good freeware out there. Tools like IntelliJ are good and replace Visual Studio quite well, and it’s MUCH cheaper.

-SB

[ClearCase_guy]

I hope CERN has some smart people on staff who can make this transition successful ...

[Bob434]

BTW- an alternative to skype- no software needed, is https://talky.io/

Can talk with friends over your browser- not sure how safe it is though- maybe some experts can weigh in on this?

[dayglored]

Hey ShadowAce — here’s maybe one for the Linux/Tech Ping List.

[DaxtonBrown]

I’ve been off the Microsoft Plantation 4 years now. I miss a few things, but not enough to go back since I have all the software I need.

[DesertRhino]

CERN should take whatever they come up with and find a way to make it significantly improve online porn. Maybe it’d take off like a wildfire and beat up MS.

For a real game changer, I wish CERN would release a search engine since google got out of the search engine business.

[ShadowAce]