I opened Teams yesterday and saw a notice that MSFT are removing the free version effective April.
I've just cancelled my auto renewal on Office 365, I don't really need it as there are cheaper alternatives. On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 6:31 AM Carmen Vitullo <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 :) > > uselessness of the meeting. > Carmen > > On 2/8/2023 1:21 PM, John McKown wrote: > > I use Teams at work on Windows 10 a couple of times a week. No problems > > beyond the uselessness of the meeting. > > > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2023, 11:53 Tony Harminc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 at 10:07, Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Not everyone runs Windows or a Mac. > >>> > >>> I installed Teams on my Linux desktop and did a reboot (since > >>> this is M/S software). Upon starting Teams, it promptly crashed > >>> KDE, requiring a reboot. Which resulted in me doing an immediate > >>> uninstall. > >>> > >>> So I was forced to get a Windows laptop just to run the in vogue > >>> software. Why? because I can't seem to acquire W10 so I can run > >>> it under Virtual Box. > >> [...] > >> > >> I'm unclear if you're looking for a "solution" or just want to rant > >> (not unjustified). In my experience Teams runs OK in a browser, > >> without requiring a Windows-based app to assist it. There were > >> problems with Firefox but MS and Mozilla seem to have made it work in > >> recent times. The same has been true of Google Meet. Certainly > >> performance is better with the MS app, and they are forever trying to > >> push you to use it, but most features do work directly in the browser. > >> > >> Did you try joining your meeting in FF, and refusing any attempts to > >> get you to "upgrade" to an app? > >> > >> Tony H. > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- > Carmen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
