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).
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