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6 months agoThis could be a good thing. The monopoly Microsoft and the x86 architecture have had on computing has hampered new development for decades.
China is experimenting with different architectures and open source OS’s. It’ll be very interesting to see where this leads.
Our group got hit with this today. We don’t have a choice. If you want to run Windows, you have to install this software.
It’s why stuff like this is so crippling. Individual organizations within companies have to follow corporate mandates, even if they don’t agree.