idle thoughts on open-source 'enterprise' software
When comparing proprietary versus open-source options for enterprise software, what stands out to me most is that the open-source versions are usually 'simpler' - not in the sense of being easy to use, but in the sense of being really close to an original "in a vacuum" design, with very few accommodations or avenues for organization-specific changes and needs.
More interestingly, many of the newer, startup-y proprietary options look just like the open-source options!