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I don't get why big companys are afraid of open source software.

I know that monetizing open source is hard but in exchange they would have 8 billion programmers ready, for free!

Even if they do like redhat , as controversial as it is right now, they would be better off than just closing the source.

I would be willing to pay to have the license to modify my own software even if I couldn't redistribute it afterwards.

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[–] lemann@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

My work for example, is pretty all-in on the MS ecosystem and it's a little annoying sometimes.

MS's proprietary alternatives to established FOSS counterparts, while well documented, are needlessly complicated and only really viable in Azure for the most part. They are also very good at not exposing the underlying tech to managers, preferring use of buzzwords.

MS then provides an educational portal to learn about all this stuff, which then creates further managerial lock-in...