Comment by bluegatty

The government has to mandate it on some level with purchasing power.

If the government switched away from Microsft and refused to accept MS document formats for any legal reason - then things might shift.

Most businesses just don't care, they want they easy button.

A law firm does not want to screw around, they just click 'buy' on Word, Outlook, Teams.

There's a deep psychology to it.

I remember a developer telling me that Oracle 'was the only real database'.

It's not so much propaganda, just the propagandistic power of incumbency. People who only know one thing are hard pressed to believe there could be something else.

This is more than 50% brand, narrative etc.

We techies tend to underestimate the power of perception, even when it's of our own creation etc. i.e. people fighting over Linux and it's various distros.