John Du Hart wrote:

> I really don't understand why we'd rather suffer than use a 
> superior proprietary product.

David Gerard pointed out:
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values
> 
> Duplicability down to the infrastructure is considered extremely
> important, or the free content isn't free. "Open core" fails this
> test.

Not to mention open source allows WMF and volunteers to fix bugs and 
add features themselves. Non-FOSS software also greatly decreases the 
chance of available volunteer expertise and help (unless the software 
happens to be extraordinarily popular (e.g. Windows, Word).

-- 
Greg Sabino Mullane [email protected]
End Point Corporation
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