Is there a single school, college, or university left that doesn't rely on Microsoft or Google for emails, calender, etc?
Inside the US, no, those corporations have captured everything.
They would never use free software, because they can't sign contracts or draw guarantees from free software organizations. Besides, most school technicians are not trained into it.
I still remember a lab technician (Early 2010s) struggling to make VLC work on all computer lab computers (And she still never managed to)
>they can't sign contracts or draw guarantees from free software organizations.
i'm someone interested in bridging this gap, but nobody gave me enough interest to support my direction, and i never had enough money in my pocket to put toward initial funding myself.
@wowaname @vokainen099
>i'm someone interested in bridging this gap, but nobody gave me enough interest to support my direction, and i never had enough money in my pocket to put toward initial funding myself.
And the worst part about it is that there are organizations that could do it but choose not to. Disroot has been around for a decade now, runs on entirely free software, and is funded 100% by donations (some features are ONLY available if you donate though), but their ToS prohibits commercial use of their services with a few exceptions. I understand not wanting huge corpos using your service, but I see no problem with small businesses using it.
