From: jgd@cix.co.uk   
      
   In article <10mt9sd$9orh$1@dont-email.me>, arne@vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)   
   wrote:   
      
   > Where do you make the cut?   
   >   
   > Example list:   
   >   
   > commercial vendor where you directly pay for support   
   > commercial vendor with product supported   
   > open source with multiple maintainers and recent releases   
      
   There: stuff like Xerces XML, Open JDK or GCC is fine.   
      
   > open source with single maintainer but recent releases   
   > open source with single maintainer and no recent releases   
   > open source declared EOL by author but source still available   
   > commercial vendor with product not supported   
   > commercial vendor no longer existing   
      
   > But if we are talking something recently developed, then   
   > there is a good chance that with transitive dependencies   
   > you will have 1000-5000 open source libraries included   
   > in the solution.   
      
   I'm not in the web apps business. I produce closed-source mathematical   
   modelling libraries. I try to keep our development environments as simple   
   as possible, aided by not having management that wants to take up every   
   new fashion.   
      
   John   
      
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