Ask Slaskdot: IT Admins, will you be using Windows 11 on production networks?

John Smith 2294 writes: As an IT consultant who started in the days of DEC VAX/VMS, I find myself now maintaining several networks for small to medium businesses and non-profits. I object to Windows 11 insisting on an outlook.com / Microsoft Account OS login. Sure there are workarounds, but user action or updates can undo them. So I will not be using Windows 11 for science or business any more. Windows for work is over. I will be using Win10 refurbs for as long as they are available, and then Mac Mini refurbs and Linux. My first Linux Mint user has been working happily for two months now and I have not heard a word from them.

So, as an IT Admin responsible for business or education networks of 20 users or more, will you be using Windows 11 on your networks or, like me, is this the end of the road for Windows for you too?

It is the end of an era, and it just makes no sense for Microsoft to throw away the entire business and education market. Or does it? Is it just that the home gamer / viewer market is worth so much more?

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