> But hey, good that an FOSS dev on the project finally gets paid! It's a strategic choice whether your company wants to employ FOSS tools for your production,

> But hey, good that an FOSS dev on the project finally gets paid! It's a strategic choice whether your company wants to employ FOSS tools for your production, but if you do, or you base your company on consulting for other companies who use those tools, then it is of course in your interest to also influence the continued relevance of said tools. This is why FOSS isn't necessarily cheaper for companies, because if you want to defend your interest, you eventually have to hire software engineers to - at the very least - gain an overview, if not some measure of "ownership" or stabilizing influence over the code base.