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the proprietary stuff is as big because states buy it. i think all these monopolies we have are due to governmental spending (very likely due to "lobbying"/corruption). taxation wouldn't help, they'd tax MS and then just puchase it back with as much in price added as they added taxes in the first place.
all the bullshit they are spending money on. most of which isn't even helping their own population, only enriching their friends (like the pfizer deals). they really need to get _that_ side in order before even thinking about taxing some more or creating more inflation by making more money backed by nothing.
@mangeurdenuage
> That's not how it work everywhere here in france for example in education the licenses are a "gifts" which MS gets taxes deductions on it.
yeah in education the licenses are "free" as well here.
i think the other licenses for the bureaucracy aren't free but the usual volume licensing.
> taxation
may help short term, but it's an arms race ;)
> That's a big part of it but it's also because they're tech illiterates.
then they should ask people who know what they are talking about. they actively choose to believe salespeople instead of doing their job.
i maintain that without corruption it would be no problem to go free software in most places. for example: munich had done LiMux for years, then some friend of MS got elected and they killed the LiMux project going back to MS again.
>then they should ask people who know what they are talking about.
A lot of people revolving about power people have parasitic behavior with charisma.
>they actively choose to believe salespeople instead of doing their job.
Like I said previously.
>i maintain that without corruption it would be no problem
I did not say otherwise. I'm saying it's not the only component to it.
It's not necessarily corruption, if you come to these people and say "listen I can make you save 200millions, so instead of paying a company for maintaining this costly (but sane) GNU/linux OS I propose you migrate to windows, you don't have to hire anyone now besides one dude to connect the hardware, all update are automated etc..."
Any average joe will consider that those saved $$$ will be spent on something else for the community instead (and if malicious for themselves).
But they'll be unaware of the consequences since it's indirect long term consequences (human brain is wired for short term reward punishment system).