"But there is immense value in an open source-friendly yet commercially backed platform upon which to build our projects. Anybody functioning within the four walls of a company knows that, when it comes to big decisions, the executives tend to want to invest in a platform that isn't going anywhere -- and that means, backed by a big bad company."
Not going anywhere? So does that mean that Python or Perl because it isn't backed by a big company is going somewhere? That Linux would go away before Solaris?
If there is a company backing it, it will go away when they no longer find value in supporting it. If a community backs it, it will go away when the community no longer finds value in it.
I have never understood the security that people find in technologies backed by a single company.