Windows 10 for Business to Introduce Subscription Fee

[Teeqoz]

vivster said:

Teeqoz said:

Let me rephrase that: I probably would've gone with Linux either way, unless there was something I absolutely needed Windows for. But Linux is functional for most office work.

Any reasonably sized company will need an Active Directory. A lot of network and application services rely on it. If it's not Windows it will be one of the Linux distributions that offer support, none of which are free or even cheap.

Sorry to break it to you but actual work in businesses is a lot more than just doing some work in local applications like browsers and worksheets. Even if the lowlevel office drone does not notice that.

Would it be impossible to have a combination? Free Linux distros for all those where that's sufficient, and a distro that supports AD where that is needed?