Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@tanquist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tanquist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@toddo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>toddo</span></a></span> <em>previsely that</em> is why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cisco</span></a> et. al. are basically handing out free <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/licenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>licenses</span></a> (or absurdly discounted bulk licensing deals) to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> institutions given they don't teach competing technologies (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Affinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Affinity</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PostgreSQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostgreSQL</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tnsr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tnsr</span></a> in these cases)... </p><ul><li>And I wish I was joking but this is the sad truth!</li></ul>