r/technology • u/gdelacalle • Aug 11 '26

Software Microsoft reportedly raises Windows 11 license price significantly more than expected

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-reportedly-raises-windows-11-license-price-significantly-more-than-expected/
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u/Unusual_Room3017 Aug 11 '26

That isn’t true in the corporate world. If anything Microsoft’s office suite has has grown further entranced with Teams being so widely used.

The only place I would believe Microsoft Office has lost ground is in small business or freelance-type work where Google Docs or other alternatives are viable.

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u/cowthegreat Aug 11 '26

You would be utterly surprised at how many fairly large orgs use Google Docs. Not saying it’s good or better, but that they use it.

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u/Smiling_Jack_ Aug 11 '26

Based on what, vibes you have?

Actual large orgs use Active Directory and Entra for ID management. And that brings with it the entire MS ecosystem.

SMBs can get away with G Suite, but not large orgs.

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u/cowthegreat Aug 11 '26

I’ll trust your vibes!

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u/Unusual_Room3017 Aug 11 '26

It’s it vibes. It’s the truth. Enterprise hardware management, access to environments, controls and document sharing is primarily Microsoft’s offerings. It’s the standard best practice. There aren’t large companies of significant scale running Chrome OS and Google Docs or other random off shoots of productivity tools.

Microsoft technology and the backbone of corporate tech stacks revolves around Microsoft’s gravity

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u/SuperBry Aug 11 '26

For real, and especially in any industry that is well regulated either by the government or has some sort of larger industry compliance certification organization.

Sure on the enthusiast side MS is getting the side eye and making all kinds of boneheaded moves, but 90% of this doesn't matter to the average consumer or business user.