Comment by falcor84
9 months ago
I don't think that's a hard requirement.
Spreadsheets for example became normal technology long before we had a good open source one. And arguably we still don't have an open source one that's more powerful than the closed source ones.
I agree with you. I think OP’s point becomes more valid if you limit the discussion to tools used while developing/maintaining software, as opposed to tools used by a wider audience.
I don’t fully believe that either, but I see where the point would come from.