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Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by xvilka on Saturday July 01, 2023 @07:48AM (#36549102)
Many. Perforce to Git. Many proprietary mobile operating systems to Android (partly FOSS but still).
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Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by ffgjgf1 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:37AM (#36549965)
Mobile OSes were always more of a cost center than a product in its own right.

In these cases OSS tends to be way more competitive.

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