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> I really cannot leave Windows to be honest. The network effect is too strong.

I suspect whatever's keeping you on Windows isn't really the network effect. It's usually: comfort level/personal preference, or a set of software that vendor(s) can't/won't port to another non-Windows platform.

The fact that so many applications have been rewritten as browser-accessible services has liberated me. I haven't owned a system with a Microsoft OS since ~2004 or so.



Don't forget corporate policy. I would do all of my work on linux except I am barely allowed.

Tools like teams and outlook are also just not as good on Linux, and really important for work.


> or a set of software that vendor(s) can't/won't port to another non-Windows platform.

Is that not the network effect? I.e. everyone uses Windows so developers target their software for Windows, so everyone uses Windows?




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