• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    There’s a very good reasons why people and organisations will pay for proprietary software when there is a free alternative available. I’ve used FOSS word processors before, for example, and they’re okay, but nothing like what Microsoft Office can do. Same with video editing.

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      2 months ago

      There’s a very good reasons why people and organisations will pay for proprietary software when there is a free alternative available.

      And there are also very good reasons why people and organisations are stopping relying on proprietary software and switching to open alternatives that won’t lock them up.