>I just don't understand this whole 'lock-in' mindset, it's just absurd now. If you don't understand it, then it's probably not absurd. Look into the whole fr

>I just don't understand this whole 'lock-in' mindset, it's just absurd now. If you don't understand it, then it's probably not absurd. Look into the whole free software movement and the history behind it (e.g. the evils of Microsoft in the 90s). If a vendor can change a price on something that forces you to pay up or lose your system, you are locked in. This isn't just some open source ideology without impacts either. It should be immediately obvious to anyone with any business acumen why making yourself beholden to the decisions of a single vendor is a bad position to be in.