The opposite of OSS is not "write your own", it's "buy commercial". And while (clearly) that would "cost more", the difference would be insignificant. In the s

The opposite of OSS is not "write your own", it's "buy commercial". And while (clearly) that would "cost more", the difference would be insignificant. In the sense that lots of companies already buy everything commercially, and the software budget is trivial compared to just about everything else. We buy a lot of software that we use, and our software budget is still smaller than our coffee budget. OSS delivers many benefits, but I'd argue that "price" is not the primary one. (It just feels that way when you're a student.)