[moreentropy]

Ack. Sadly, enterprise procurement is all about avoiding blame in case something goes wrong. Another issue is contributing to open source projects. I know a case where a customer's in house developer had to wait two months to contribute a few lines patch to a open source project because legal objected. They never dealt with that situation before.

[nikanj]

Enterprise procurement is all about avoiding things going wrong, avoiding blame is a distant second. When every hour of downtime costs hundreds of thousands, the ridiculously expensive, 24/7 SLA supported enterprise solutions don't seem so overpriced anymore.