[skybrian]

Well okay, but these aren't opposites. Large businesses cooperate internally using bureaucracy. They cooperate externally using (and funding) foundations and other open source work.

There is market demand for stability and it can be a competitive advantage over innovative but unstable alternatives. (Consider why Go and Docker are so popular.)

And why do companies start and fund foundations? Because their customers have doubts. It's better for stability than a market that's not based on standards.