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[–] [email protected] 295 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Since rolling back to the previous configuration will present a challenge, affected users will be faced with finding out just how effective their backup strategy is or paying for the required license and dealing with all the changes that come with Windows Server 2025.

Accidentally force your customers to have to spend money to upgrade, how convenient.

[–] [email protected] 203 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Congratulation, you are being upgraded. Please do not resist. And pay while we are at it.

[–] [email protected] 125 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I have a message and a question.

A message from ESR and a question from me.

Where do you want to go today?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

We are the Borg.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Since MS forced the upgrade, you should get 2025 for free. That would probably be really easy to argue in court

[–] [email protected] 69 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ah, but did you read the article?

MS didn't force it, Heimdal auto-updated it for their customers based on the assumption that Microsoft would label the update properly instead of it being labeled as a regular security patch. Microsoft however made a mistake (on purpose or not? Who knows...) in labeling it.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Then it's still on Microsoft for pushing that update through what is essentially a patch pipeline

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

MS will be sued over this and they will lose. This is not an ambiguous case. They fucked up. It’s essentially an unconsentual/unilateral alteration to a contract, which kinda violates the principle of, you know, a contract.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Uh, if they didn't ask for it, how is Microsoft going to make them pay for it?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Good luck arguing with Ms if you aren't a giant company