It's also useful to remember that a business doesn't need to approach the idea of open source as an all-or-nothing proposition. In many circumstances, particula

It's also useful to remember that a business doesn't need to approach the idea of open source as an all-or-nothing proposition. In many circumstances, particularly with the recent emphasis on services and decentralization, companies might be able to comfortably open up some aspects of their core software. Well-built, internal software libraries or components which have good public utility but few opportunities for massive profits could be good candidates; there must be some sort of middle ground between keeping a stranglehold over all extrinsically valuable IP and opening your whole software stack to the masses.