Kantolope quoted Think like a Commoner by David Bollier
A new world based on fairness, participation, accountability is closer than you think if you …
Instead of studying GNU/Linux and open source software as a tool that could help people in marginalized countries (and reduce its own academic software bills), a university beholden to generous Microsoft research partnerships will find it attractive to steer students toward Microsoft's proprietary software projects. This simply enlarges Microsoft's customer and developer base while thwarting open innovation and competition
— Think like a Commoner by David Bollier (Page 70)
My university does this, and its Office suite is atrocious. I'm glad that I can at least use LibreOffice on my personal laptop.