• @T0RB1T@sh.itjust.works
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        56 months ago

        Linux is not a corporation, there is no boot to lick.

        What a wild take. I’m genuinely baffled that someone thought that “Linux bootlickers” was a remotely salient thing to say.

    • @Mikufan@ani.social
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      -206 months ago

      Bro its not bootlicking to say its a legitimate interest to delete stuff that could lead to lawsuits and is a security risk. Its also not bootlicking to say that they where warned repeatedly for at least 3 years now. You are just stupid.

      • @stardust@lemmy.ca
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        346 months ago

        Is it that expensive to just keep a database of codes that can be redeemed for people who haven’t migrated yet? Like humble bundle keeping track of what you buy? Or even lemmy with comments linked to users?

        • MrScottyTay
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          6 months ago

          A proper corporate database with the security it needs and the amount of people accessing it (remember how many people bought Minecraft) yes it would be expensive to have multiple databases doing the same thing.

          • @stardust@lemmy.ca
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            46 months ago

            If people haven’t transferred would they be accessing it? Not much incentive for people who already transfered to go back to just claim a code, and people who haven’t yet probably aren’t going to be logging in all the time.

          • @Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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            126 months ago

            No it wouldn’t, millions of people bought it but the vast majority migrated, even if there were still millions of people to migrate this wouldn’t get hit very hard because people would not migrate all in one go, so any simple master+slave database system would work, even an SQLite is capable of handling this volume. The total cost of this would be less than $100 per year if they wanted to outsource everything (which is essentially nothing for Microsoft), if they used any of their existing servers for it the coat would be a lot less possibly very close to 0.

            • @Kelly@lemmy.world
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              Its Microsoft - they offer multiple DBaaS themselves.

              But it costs a lot more than $100 in man hours to properly propose, approve, and implement any production system.

        • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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          36 months ago

          They could handle it through support. Remove the automated process and do an email verification check and support could manually migrate the license.

          I totally understand Microsoft’s desire to remove obsolete services like account transitions, but they should still have a mechanism for resurrecting old accounts if you can prove you are the original account holder.

          • @psud@aussie.zone
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            16 months ago

            They need more than email verification. Some privacy minded people signed up with throwaway email, but probably have other proof of ownership

        • @Mikufan@ani.social
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          -66 months ago

          It is. A good database is waaay less expensive and not a security risk. Microsoft is a company operating in areas with privacy laws, a leak could cost millions of completely unnecessary compensation.