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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by gr2zr4 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:16AM (#24482136)
> very specific software which name I do not remember but it was proprietary and only on Windows

Because it was the only available software for that specific course or because your teacher told you "this is the software, period"?

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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by December_Stars on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:59AM (#24482777)
Pretty sure this was the only available software, iirc it was some Vernier related thing.
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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by Avamander on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @01:50PM (#24484294)
Yeah, buying hardware that has vendor-locks will lock you into that vendor's software.
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