> To the contrary, building off the OSS ecosystem can make it healthier, if for no other reason than they are cultivating more engineers that know how to use th

> To the contrary, building off the OSS ecosystem can make it healthier, if for no other reason than they are cultivating more engineers that know how to use these tools. "Extraction" is not the right metaphor. It can, but it often does the opposite. "Extraction" may not be a metaphor that's quite true to the material. But it's very true to the attitude with which many companies operate, and that's because a lot of business culture was developed in extractive contexts and then applied elsewhere.