The parent post highlights one of the core reasons behind the failure of FOSS: its growth was built on a base that cared only about the gratis aspect without an

The parent post highlights one of the core reasons behind the failure of FOSS: its growth was built on a base that cared only about the gratis aspect without any real interest in the libre aspect. They're perfectly happy to take any FOSS they can get for free and pay for any proprietary software needed with the money they saved.