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by jacquesm 2109 days ago
Non-free software wins in the one arena where open source will never be able to compete: marketing dollars and advocacy. Nobody is going to visit a school, woo the principal, train the techs and hold their hands at the moment when it matters most: when the decision is made.

Once the school is in the boat the cost to switch is dramatic so from there on in the closed software vendor can let them suffer and move on to the next juicy target.