Proprietary software is software that keeps the lights on for the people that work on it. Sun Tzu has figured out a while ago that it's a bad idea to back your

Proprietary software is software that keeps the lights on for the people that work on it. Sun Tzu has figured out a while ago that it's a bad idea to back your enemies into a corner. Like it or not, fighting with your back against a wall makes you lethal. Now, I'm not saying open source is unable to match this. They can and have. I'm just saying that most proprietary software has that advantage naturally (in a capitalist society).