[firen777]

I am not alive long enough to know many examples of open source dying after takeover. The most vivid counter example I can remember is Audacity fork Tenacity. Thanks to how hated muse group is, it generated quite a bit of momentum in the beginning (seems to die down a bit now, but I wouldn't call it dead)

What you say might be true, but at least open source give us second chance, no matter how miniscule (which I'd argue is not miniscule at all). If it's closed source it's pretty much game over.