CataclysmZA

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[–] CataclysmZA@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

South Africa has been the exception.

Well yes, it's really difficult to switch when government only just managed to migrate to Windows 10 on most machines, and still uses Microsoft's document formats for everything aside from PDF.

Up until a few years ago, UNISA was still using public-facing IIS servers and SARS was paying up the wazoo to maintain old Flash applets that people used to file their taxes.

One government department managed to waste R5 million on a WordPress website that used a $15 theme.

[–] CataclysmZA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

"He's out of line, but he's right."

[–] CataclysmZA@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

macOS? You gotta be kidding. Windows and Office is huge.

Just the entrenchment of Sharepoint and Outlook alone is enough to make switching to anything else a difficult prospect.

[–] CataclysmZA@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's probably why digital displays still have analog speedometer options. At a glance it's easier to tell what's happening with your speed, rev count, and other levels like fuel.

But much of that utility is useful for manuals and ICE-powered cars.

[–] CataclysmZA@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Given the... frankly absurd rate at which people are signing up to servers, and subscribing to other servers, and posting and commenting and upvoting and...

I mean it's getting a bit hairy, and user growth was already following a very steep growth curve. Reddifugees are hugging all instances to death.