I have personal experience with a company that moved off of Linux because they couldn't get decent enough hardware to handle their load. We could trade example

I have personal experience with a company that moved off of Linux because they couldn't get decent enough hardware to handle their load. We could trade examples all day long. The OP made a comment about web pages with pricing. My point was that lots of companies target customers that are not THEM. In fact, they often choose a strategy that allows them to explicitly target those customers that they think are their most likely prospects. Sometimes they get it right; sometimes they don't. Like a lot of things that drive company success, picking the right way to reach customers is an important decision. Don't forget that Sun was purchased by Oracle for a princely sum. A lot of those Sun customers didn't seem to feel that their dollars were wasted.