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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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NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

Yup… risk transfer

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- Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Also just making their employees more productive.
  
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index@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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