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minus-squareSafeguard@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoThe point is that learning institutions should not prefer one commercial companies solutions vs another. In fact, they should not use or be dependent on commercial companies at all. Learning stuff and implementing what you learned should be available for all. Not just people with the money. Companies know this so they give away their stuff for free to these schools knowing they will contain these people for life. We need to break out of that extreme vendor lock-in.
The point is that learning institutions should not prefer one commercial companies solutions vs another.
In fact, they should not use or be dependent on commercial companies at all.
Learning stuff and implementing what you learned should be available for all. Not just people with the money.
Companies know this so they give away their stuff for free to these schools knowing they will contain these people for life.
We need to break out of that extreme vendor lock-in.