Comment by diego_moita

> deep-pocketed corporations pay huge amounts of money to pay for open source products.

There are many names for this: co-opt, assimilate, bribing ...

A lot of times it is like when Tony Soprano offers you a deal, or like when the U.S. made the NAFTA deal with Canada and Mexico.

It feels good and awesome at the beginning but later on, when you become dependent on it, you'll have to pay an heavy price.