• Zak@lemmy.world
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    The company said it regretted the impact and was offering affected nonprofits a free “concierge service,” a meeting with a Microsoft specialist to help set up a new Microsoft 365 environment and answer questions.

    After that experience they’re going to do business with Microsoft again?

  • EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    People never seem to understand that “the cloud” is no more substantial or permanent than the meteorological ones it’s named after.

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      But the data transubstantiates into AI godhood not unlike like Heracles, Jesus or the Prophet when the cloud embraced then and took them to their respective heavens.

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    “The cloud” is other people’s computers. The computers may be well managed today but what about next month, next year, three years from now?

    If your data is important you gotta take responsibility for it.

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    The only thing more tonedeaf and Microslop-like would be to offer Copilot subscriptions to try and hallucinate the data back.