A bit tangential but I recall working with a company that wanted to use a particular very expensive brand name closed source software framework to build their e

A bit tangential but I recall working with a company that wanted to use a particular very expensive brand name closed source software framework to build their ecommerce site. The going price on using this was in the half million ballpark. Working with this framework I was incredulous that anyone would actually want to buy this framework -- also none of the sites I have seen built on this actually work very well. But the force of the brand name and the audacity of the asking price just seem to mix well I suppose. If you are in a corporate setting with little technical ability, and more money to spend than brains, 'you won't get fired' if you choose to go with vendor X (not IBM but point stands) -- even if vendor X is going to fleece you of millions while providing little value. Its just the safe thing to do.