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>The vendor abandoned their technology Don't forget the other half of this statement: I've always been concerned with basing a product on a locked-in technolog
by SomeCallMeTim 11y ago
>The vendor abandoned their technology
Don't forget the other half of this statement: I've always been concerned with basing a product on a locked-in technology from an unproven vendor.
And vendors do shut down. I've seen it happen many times. Sometimes they get eaten up by a "bigger fish" that wants to use their technology internally, and they then shut down the external service you were so fond of.
- lyonheart 11y agoAuthor here: In our case the vendor was very proven, but the tech and their approach to it was not. What actually happened is a bit more complicated than _abandoned_, but those words got the point across without delving into the irrelevant. Needless to say, I am _very_ leery now of the motives of open-source products that aren't run like open-source projects.