From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:26:56 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > On 10/13/2025 5:36 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:38:38 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>.   
   >>> Support is easy. If you need support you pay.   
   >>   
   >> The thing is, expertise in a non-proprietary product is not   
   >> confined to the company that makes that product. There is plenty of   
   >> Open Source expertise available in the community that you can hire.   
   >> If you rely on an outside company, particularly a large one, you   
   >> know that inevitably their interests align with their shareholders,   
   >> and sooner or later will come into conflict with yours (as happens   
   >> with Microsoft, for example). If you rely on your own employees,   
   >> that can’t happen.   
   >   
   > Enterprises with a need to document support can not just hire a   
   > random consultant when the need arrive.   
      
   If something is mission-critical and core to their entire business,   
   they want a staff they can rely on, completely, to manage that   
   properly.   
      
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