"Commercial and open source software may originate from different cultures but, like Ford trucks and Volkswagen sedans, both get you from Point A to Point B. Sometimes, they even share the same roads. In the real world, choosing one over the other for a particular application should be less about their respective origins and more about the goals ahead.
"Choosing between commercial and open source software options often presents a chicken-and-egg scenario. If an organization has already invested in an application infrastructure, that alone may provide the necessary inertia favoring one direction or another when choosing future products..."
