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So, all he intends to say must be:

“Use of closed source software has been increasing rapidly in the private sector”

Edit: AFAIK, open source and closed source teams are working hand in glove with each other.

This quote comes to mind: "if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"

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"if all you have is a hammer, sell it to the government for $3000"

Why sell hammers to the government for such a discount?

While the hammer is only $3k, the corresponding 5 year maintenance contract for said hammer nets $100k!

Send them a screwdriver first so you can bill twice.

Then pay contractors to blow torch rip-replace the tip of the screwdrivers after each screw turned. See also: scrap-heap piles of new engines and wheel rims left in Afghanistan that were billed to the US military, the metal of which was sold cheap by local scrap merchants to make weapons for the Taliban in Pakistan.

And a second hammer in a geographically separate location for resiliency so you can bill three times.

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