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Meanings of proprietary lock-in in English

Russian
замкнутость на продавце
Portuguese
vendor lock-in
Spanish
dependencia del proveedor

Situation in which a customer is dependent on a vendor for products and services, unable to use another vendor without substantial switching costs.

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замкнутость на продавце
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Those include a lack of standards, vendor lock-in and uncertainty around network uptime, security and data access.
Reuters
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Users, in particular, see a risk that the mergers will stifle competition and could lead to vendor lock-in.
Reuters
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A major issue in cloud services is having the ability to avoid vendor lock-in by having application and data portability.
Reuters
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Even with looming fears of vendor lock-in, corporations, consumers and developers alike have all shown interest in the cloud model.
Wired
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The Commission also wants to make it easier for firms to switch providers of cloud computing by avoiding vendor lock-in practices.
Reuters
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As the folks at Intuit will tell you, the ability to bundle products with services creates tremendous opportunities for innovative pricing and customer lock-in.
Wired