• hackris@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I simply don't get this mentality. I'm sure you do realize, that companies such as Microsoft still operate in Russia. You think all people over there are running Linux? Aside from how unbelievably stupid your take is, guess they are traitors too. But you'll still keep using their OS and Office suite for millenia to come.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I wouldn't be at all surprised if Russia did have larger linux adoption. It's not unheard of for countries to be (in my opinion baselessly) suspicious that microsoft contains american spyware.

      • hackris@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        They surely do, but none of the Russians or Ukrainians I know have ever heard of Linux.

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          looking into it there is a russian version of linux that is widely used by the Russian government and it's trying to push wider civilian adoption

    • VodkaSolution @feddit.it
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      1 year ago

      MS stopped selling licenses last year and blocked the ones operating this year (non renewal). But I get your point, only not all the big companies stayed

      • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        You're assuming Russians pay for MS licenses michael-laugh

        (Note: I'm not saying that's a bad thing, just that piracy is rampant in Russia)

          • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Uncritical support for FitGirl. Unless they're a transphobe like Empress, I guess.