I agree with you both! I don't think Google (or probably even the parent) meant to disrespect or discredit the value and contributions of open source. But inter

I agree with you both! I don't think Google (or probably even the parent) meant to disrespect or discredit the value and contributions of open source. But internal, non-open platforms aren't really "vendor lock-in" or just NIH. They're often much of much higher quality (if you have the resources) simply by solving the exact problems you have directly. Disclaimer: I've been bitter about MySQL-for-everything-ism lately too but think Java is pure heaven.