> For managers of companies it's worse: the company makes > VERY substantial investments into any technology it "marries", > and that means big losses if it goes. Long-term stability > of this technology in terms of "we're not going to be left out > in cold alone with this technology to feed it" means a lot > to them. Even a poor technology with external backing > of big, stable vendor is better than the excellent technology > without ......
There is the stability issue you mention... but also probably the fear issue. If you choose a solution from a major company -- then it fails for some reason or they drop the product -- it's their fault -- you've got an automatic fall guy. On the other hand, an open source solution or otherwise less accepted solution ... it will probably be consider your fault by the organization. It's a rational decision to avoid personal risk when you don't get much reward for choosing something different. Rob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
