The only thing that makes proprietary software popular is the fact that proprietary software depends on more proprietary software. If you use closed-source sof

The only thing that makes proprietary software popular is the fact that proprietary software depends on more proprietary software. If you use closed-source software, and you want a new feature, you must create entirely new software that is compatible with it, and usually that means hiring the same companies (who can read the original code) or hiring new "professionals" that have made themselves comfortable with the ecosystem. Free software, on the other hand, allows the application of less software for the same amount of work. You can add features, and those who work with free software don't waste everyone's time with proprietary software if they can avoid it. The US government is incredibly inefficient, especially in IT, and its solution thus far has been "throw more money at the problem". This is clearly a detrimental non-solution. Those of us with clear heads should be adamant that proprietary software does not belong in our government.