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> As a rule of thumb there should be at least ten alternatives

I think you mean 14. https://xkcd.com/927/

> When the entire society and economy are being digitized AND that digitisation is controlled and passes through a handful of choke points its an invitation to major disaster.

Once again, it's Microsoft, directly, or indirectly, choosing a strategy of eventually getting all worldwide Windows desktops online, and connected via their systems.

Which is why I installed Fedora after Windows 7 and never looked back. 100% local, 100% offline if needed.

My company is looking to a non-Microsoft desktop. We're not affected by this, but it will certainly encourage us to move sooner rather than later.



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