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Attitudes like this are what leads to systematic vendor lock-in and monopolies. If an open source system can't communicate with a proprietary system, the bug is one of these systems not following open standards.

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I get your stance - but this is about a company trying to make money. If anything(such as avoiding vendor lock-in) gets in the way of you making money, then your venture is failing.

Card carrying FSF member here, but business is business.

I don't know, not for me. I still think it's possible to think of your business also as a political statement. Sure, you have to be prepared to 'pay' for your conviction, and possibly fail because of it. Which does not seem to make sense or be acceptable to a lot of folk. It is for me though.

No one's ever been fired for buying Microsoft/Intel/Cisco. This approach looks cool, but it also seems like a lot to ask from the average sysadmin.

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