>it wouldn't require any of your engineering team resources other than the resources to evaluate the commodified open-source alternative. and the resources to

>it wouldn't require any of your engineering team resources other than the resources to evaluate the commodified open-source alternative. and the resources to manage the risk of that alternative, and the smaller company who runs it, going away. "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" is usually said in a snarky way, but there's real value in not only not having to think about the provider, but not having to think about which provider to choose. making that decision has a cost, and the more off the beaten path you go the higher the cost of that decision.