Comment by adamtaylor_13
2 days ago
We (a team of 6 developers) win this race day in and day out. We're constantly impressing our clients and delivering outstanding results that improve the business.
Hell, I'd wager there's MORE humanity in what we're building because we can afford (literally) to sweat details that previously we couldn't.
I don't understand the argument that somehow because two mega-corps are duking it out, I cannot use their tools to win in my small arena.
I suppose it's the juxtaposition of saying "I think open source is important" and then building your business criticality on the least open software systems on Earth.
In most organisations which are building on open source there's a pragmatism that some elements ( routers, BIOS, phones ) won't adhere to the philosophy. But it's completely different to make unknowable, solidly opaque systems the core tools of a business.