# OS/Vendor Lock-In

> Depending on one operating system or vendor's proprietary features, so switching away becomes costly or impossible.

Record: `lexicon:os-vendor-lock-in`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Resource Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-os-vendor-lock-in

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Native Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/native-optimization.md) and before [Platform Abstraction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/platform-abstraction.md).

## Category

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)

## Negated by

- [Platform Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/platform-independence.md)

## Linked from

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)