I don’t know if it’s just me that find it highly interesting that they choose to run Windows for these kind of things? Anyone able to elaborate the reasons for this? Surely this just costs them so much extra having to buy licenses for each of these screens…?

Please do correct me or clarify this for me 🌻

  • Fake4000@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    3 months ago

    That’s not the case. Usually governments and public organisations go throw a volume licensing agreements that sees them taking more than just windows. It would usually include things like windows, office, a bunch of enterprise applications, as well as support on top of it all.

    Microsoft usually relies on those agreements to push software that might not be needed.

    Another reason could be the video display management system they used to remotely control these screens. The software might only run on windows.

  • FBJimmy@lemmus.orgEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    At Kuala Lumpa International Airport half the signs were like this near our gate a couple weeks ago…

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    Worked for 2 digital advertising companies and the cost of Volume License windows is nothing compared to the cost of the rest of the hardware.

    We were paying AU$700 for a Lenovo PC and another AU$800 on a screen while the volume key for windows was less AU$100.

    Why save AU$100 per pc when I have to spend several thousand more per year paying some to run a remote Linux box rather than a windows one.

  • Oisteink@feddit.nlEnglish
    53·
    3 months ago

    Linux is not always the answer, and free to install isn’t always cheap.