I think the best situation is when a company will perform an expensive but high value task that the open source community can't and then give it back to them fo

I think the best situation is when a company will perform an expensive but high value task that the open source community can't and then give it back to them for further iterations and development. If the community isn't able to perform a high value task again, a company steps in, does it, and gives it back to the community to restart the process. In this way, everyone's skills are being leveraged to innovate at a rapid pace.