Open Source never destroyed the proprietary market — and it was never meant to.

People say “If it’s free, won’t it kill the paid systems?” But look at the world we actually live in.

Free and Open Source ERP never destroyed the big proprietary ERPs. SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics — they still charge millions of pesos per user, they still have maintenance fees that cost more than small companies’ entire IT budgets. And companies still pay it, because the cost of changing is higher than the cost of staying.

The only time “free” actually destroyed a market was when Microsoft bundled Internet Explorer with Windows to crush Netscape — and that triggered an antitrust case. That was price manipulation backed by monopoly power. Very different story.

But when Linux came out as a free OS, it didn’t kill Windows or Mac. Instead, it quietly powered the revolution we live in now — everything from the cloud, to smartphones, to containers and virtualization. Open Source didn’t destroy anything. It unlocked everything.

That’s the real pattern.

Open Source doesn’t threaten paid software.
Open Source threatens complacency.

If a volunteer project starts threatening a commercial product, it’s usually because someone stopped innovating and kept collecting fees. The companies that keep improving don’t worry — Photoshop still dominates even with GIMP around. Illustrator still dominates even with Inkscape. Microsoft Office still dominates even with LibreOffice. Paid tools stay ahead because they polish, integrate, and remove friction.

Open Source simply gives everyone — especially the people who can’t afford the polish — a way to participate. They take more steps, they troubleshoot more, they climb steeper learning curves… but they get to be part of the modern world.

That’s why Comfac is Open Source FIRST.
Not anti-proprietary.
Not anti-industry.
Just focused on building solutions that anyone can access, copy, learn from, and improve — even if they never hire us.

If someone wants the speed and convenience, they can pay us. If they want to DIY it, the door is open. That’s the point. Open Source is freedom.

Linux has been around for 30 years.
Still only 3–6% of desktops.
But it runs 90% of servers.
It runs most phones.
And it gives anyone who’s struggling the tools they need to get started.

That’s who really benefits — the people who need it most.
And that’s why we build the way we build.