alt Hacker NewsThis is going to cause absolute chaos. Basically every government organisation and business in the UK runs on outlook. The whole day is going to be a write off. It’s like a bank holiday!
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We're coming to the end of the Friday 13th business day in East Asia. Can confirm it caused chaos for the whole day.
Just the UK? Lol, you can add many, if not most government and private companies and educational institutions in the US and countless other countries to that list. The government and corporate world is grinding to a halt.
Now's the time for those NHS fax machines to shine, I guess.
This observation applies to many other countries, too. Mmmm centralization is pretty fun!
Citation needed.
Government I have no idea, but loads of businesses don't use Outlook - alternatives do exist. I've personally not used Outlook for well over a decade now.
Quick google AI mode check says:
- MS 365/Outlook: ~40%
- Google Workspace: ~25%
- Zoho: ~2%
And then a bunch of others - Rackspace, Zimbra, IBM WebSphere Lotus Notes Blue For Enterprise XML Watson Edition et al
Same is Aus. Wife works for government, they got sent home early (typical gov that means 30 minutes before official clock off)
The biggest issue has been so many security and approval flows depend on email, so all processes have ground to a halt.