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by housemusicfan 1030 days ago
It's funny how for many years the push to switch to almost-but-not-quite as good OSS solutions has been the cost savings. Then MS gives Teams away for free and all of a sudden it's "oh those evil monopolists". Would it be any different if Teams was OSS? The client is basically worthless to them. The licensing fee covers hosting costs.

This was the same 20 years ago. Netscape lost the browser wars not because of bundling. Netscape lost because Netscape Navigator 4 was crashy garbage, possibly the worst browser ever made. The reason Firefox was developed was because Netscape was so intolerably bad, an alternative to the alternative needed developed.

You know the old saying, "If you can't beat them, go cry to the European Commission."