To be equally fair, in certain cases the non-licensing costs of Microsoft software are higher than the FOSS equivalent. In fact, I'd argue that in some cases t

To be equally fair, in certain cases the non-licensing costs of Microsoft software are higher than the FOSS equivalent. In fact, I'd argue that in some cases these are higher. A good example of this is that piece of shit that is Microsoft Teams - both the horrid security flaws and the ways it keeps breaking. I've used FOSS equivalents and they have a smaller attack surface and are more reliable. They also play all sorts of user-hostile tricks that make vendor lock in possible, and this often has an underappreciated impact on delivery.