Really? SQL isn't free. Github isn't free. Linux on Azure isn't free.
The only other apps they're selling on-prem to enterprises are Exchange and AD.
In both cases, their focus is on moving customers to a hosted/cloud based version, so it's not something I would ever expect them to spend a ton of time and effort porting to another on-premises OS. For SMB they've become far, far more open both licensing it to third parties as well as helping out the samba crew with the open source version.
Do you have a single example of them being openly hostile? Or you're just whining about them not open sourcing and giving away the farm?
Is it really an industry thing? There do seem to be several large bad actors at present (MS being one of them), and but not sure it really extends to most of the IT industry.
Maybe you're meaning some non-IT industry? eg Marketing?
The only other apps they're selling on-prem to enterprises are Exchange and AD.
In both cases, their focus is on moving customers to a hosted/cloud based version, so it's not something I would ever expect them to spend a ton of time and effort porting to another on-premises OS. For SMB they've become far, far more open both licensing it to third parties as well as helping out the samba crew with the open source version.
Do you have a single example of them being openly hostile? Or you're just whining about them not open sourcing and giving away the farm?