@pettter Maybe it would be better if we had a concrete example of a machine that would instantly kill people if turned off (malfunctioning, hacked or powered down by a floss fanatic) - and calculate the cost of replacing it with something libre.

Then we spread that cost out on all hospitals/governments in the world relying on that specific piece of technology. Maybe it'll just happen to be quick and cheap enough to do before people start dying due to the inevitable problems that arise with proprietary "solutions".

Don't you think it would be worth (morally as well as economically) doing something like that compared to sticking with proprietary stuff? I do.