From what I've gathered, Cincom is really good but very expensive. There are a variety of proprietary language vendors with great products (Cincom Smalltalk, D

From what I've gathered, Cincom is really good but very expensive. There are a variety of proprietary language vendors with great products (Cincom Smalltalk, Dyalog APL, Wolfram language that is part of Mathematica), but it is a weird sale in the modern age. Why use a better tool if you have to pay for it and your entire business's IP is tied to another company pulling the strings. Even if they promise their tools are 10x more productive, is the risk acceptable?