EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee to Software Gore@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWhy is my bus trying to install OneDrive?lemm.eeimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarefluckx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoTIL the screens on a bus show a static html stored in a one drive directory. The gps location gets sent to an API which then updates the HTML file in the bucket. The screen just reloads itself every 10 seconds.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoSomething that could be done with a minimal Linux installation. But by all means, pay for a bloated windows license.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.socialBlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThey probably didn’t and are using the OEM license on a mini PC. Yes, they are still paying for the license on the cost of the unit. Yes, it would be much cheaper to use a NUC or ARM board, but you can’t convince an administrator to stake their career on it. Besides, if they are running a domain, and all their resources are on a domain, why would they use non Windows devices.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months ago“Why would they use non windows devices?” To avoid crap like what you see in the screenshot? 😆
TIL the screens on a bus show a static html stored in a one drive directory. The gps location gets sent to an API which then updates the HTML file in the bucket. The screen just reloads itself every 10 seconds.
Something that could be done with a minimal Linux installation. But by all means, pay for a bloated windows license.
They probably didn’t and are using the OEM license on a mini PC.
Yes, they are still paying for the license on the cost of the unit.
Yes, it would be much cheaper to use a NUC or ARM board, but you can’t convince an administrator to stake their career on it.
Besides, if they are running a domain, and all their resources are on a domain, why would they use non Windows devices.
“Why would they use non windows devices?”
To avoid crap like what you see in the screenshot? 😆