It's pragmatic to not continue the monopolies that cost the taxpayer money on an ongoing basis. The point is to not pay Microsoft money to promote Microsoft's

It's pragmatic to not continue the monopolies that cost the taxpayer money on an ongoing basis. The point is to not pay Microsoft money to promote Microsoft's continued monopoly, which will mean you have to pay them money again next year. Any school paying for closed source software when they could be funding a company to make open source software is doing it wrong. Same with textbooks. 100s of 1000s of schools all paying for something they won't own and will have to pay for again in the future.