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This is why the world needs early adopters. There needs to be people interested enough in new technologies for their own sake to invest time in them. That's a very different motivation than P&G or Unilever.


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.


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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