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Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] zer0@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 year ago

If you have to interact with documents created by others it would be better to use open formats not proprietary shit designed to be not cross compatible

[-] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately industry and academia does not view it in such a manner... those microsoft contracts are too appealing for them lol

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