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		threeseed on March 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Acquires FoundationDB Exactly. There is room in this world for closed and open source products. Enterprise companies will trade technology for stability and supportability. Most of us will flip the other way.

mathattack on March 25, 2015 [–]

I oversimplify it by saying "Companies will pay cash and accept closed source in return for good documentation and someone to answer the phone." Most non-IT buyers don't bring up open vs closed source in purchasing discussions.

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