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Is there a win?

One large side of the industry is turning to managed services. They run free/libre software, but build lock-in on higher level and avoid giving direct contact.

On the other market, the desktop free/libre software won as with Android and free/libre parts of MacOS/iOS.

However they don't do that to benefit the free/libre software in any way, but for getting software cheap or even for free.

The amount by which this flows in one direction, there isn't a win.



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