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What does Microsoft do these days? Open source many of its software! And OSS is preferred not because it's free & open, because it works and it gets things done!


> What does Microsoft do these days? Open source many of its software! And OSS is preferred not because it's free & open, because it works and it gets things done!

I prefer free software because of the fact it respects my freedom. Even if there was a "better" proprietary editor then Vim I wouldn't use it. Stop spreading the wrong message, practical convenience is a side-effect of freedom allowing innovation.




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