> it's probably true for software that has a more technical audience Not just technical - technical and already use OSS. But yes, this is broadly my point. Ho

> it's probably true for software that has a more technical audience Not just technical - technical and already use OSS. But yes, this is broadly my point. However... > That is, I think your cause and effect was backwards, as those people are now users of OSS because there's good, solid OSS software that makes sense for them to choose While this is partially true (obviously it has to exist to be used), I'm talking about the original proposition: that OSS always wins. That's plainly not true when you're dealing with users who don't generally have exposure to OSS. Even polished OSS that serves these audiences (LibreOffice, etc) perform extremely poorly. I think you get my point in the first part but you're narrowing your focus to why it works on that audience - when my point is that that technical audience isn't the general audience.