Source: thenewstack.io
Lock-In in the Age of Cloud and Open Source
We love to debate about lock-in. What is vendor lock-in? Can an open source solution create lock-in?
In the Beginning https://www.redhat.com/en' Historically, all technology was proprietary, so a technology choice was a vendor choice and vendor choice was a technology choice.
Vendor lock-in is when you want to keep the technology but get rid of the vendor. Vendor lock-in is when you can’t even use the technology next year if you don’t pay a new license cost or maintenance cost.
In the Beginning https://www.redhat.com/en' Historically, all technology was proprietary, so a technology choice was a vendor choice and vendor choice was a technology choice.
Vendor lock-in is when you want to keep the technology but get rid of the vendor. Vendor lock-in is when you can’t even use the technology next year if you don’t pay a new license cost or maintenance cost.
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