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1. It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2024 15:50:20 JST It's FOSS

   A welcome move indeed; will it pan out in the end?

   https://news.itsfoss.com/german-state-ditches-microsoft/

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2024 19:02:22 JST It's FOSS

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     • Miroslav Kravec

     @kravemir Indeed, Microsoft has that kind of vendor lock in tendency.

   • Miroslav Kravec (kravemir@hometech.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2024 19:02:23 JST Miroslav Kravec

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     @itsfoss which is not what #Microsoft is doing.

     MS tries to lock people into their own proprietary formats.

     People can't switch away from it easily - ramped up switching costs.

     Pure monopolistic practices.

   • Miroslav Kravec (kravemir@hometech.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2024 19:02:24 JST Miroslav Kravec

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     @itsfoss the biggest pain are proprietary formats,...

     I don't mind using proprietary software as long as it's fully compatible with open-source software:

     - produced data are in (file) format, that can be used without issues with FOSS,

     - no proprietary API is used for integrations.

     I.e. I don't mind (to buy) proprietary software, that is an interchangeable tool, into which I am not locked-in, and I can seamlessly switch it with a different one if I wanted/needed.