If your threat model includes having to address a concern of historically unpredictable or unreliable vendor behavior or performance (which makes sense, in a ro

If your threat model includes having to address a concern of historically unpredictable or unreliable vendor behavior or performance (which makes sense, in a robust professional engineering practice), it can make sense to take matters in your own hands. Open Source is a great way to do that. While past performance does not guarantee future results, there is some empirical evidence that you can use when evaluating which vendors you trust, and can rely on to be customer obsessed, including always looking for sustainable ways to save you money. You are, of course, entitled to an opinion about what "sustainable" means to you, and how you measure your choice of vendor. To me, it means specific things in how I professionally practice as an engineer. [edit: small clarification, saving customers money is only one way to deliver value for their money. But, in my experience ]