[benterix]

Of course it's very different, but it's the same in how buying the same functionality from a competitor is not a reason to get you fired unless there are other specific conditions.

[alephnerd]

> buying the same functionality from a competitor is not a reason to get you fired unless there are other specific conditions

There are different expectations depending on the kind of bucket you are spending from.

The amount of capital you have to spend in the R&D bucket is much larger than the Finance&IT bucket and who you report to (CTO vs CFO) is different.