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I had a very similar experience. In some companies I work at, it was/is even considered bad practise to use Free Software because it is believed to be more unstable. That is just a very broken attitude (one should always check if the actual requirements and available money for a software matches the features and costs of a given software, be it free or proprietary).

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While I am big on OSS, and giving back to the community... let's be realistic. Some of it really is bad.

There are definitely issues on some OSS projects, like inability to reach consensus, and some upstream devs doing things that break stuff for a large group of people, and not caring much about the consequences of some of the technical decisions made.

OSS is awesome, and can also be problematic, all at once. I'm not ready to dismiss it as a whole, though. Some orgs have that approach, and just throw the baby out with the bathwater.

I think it's important to go in with your eyes open, and be aware of the potential risks.

For the stuff that IS good, and adding a lot of value, are the creators / maintainers recognized (other than through twitter followers, etc.)

What are we doing to keep the good projects afloat?

Is that also true for projects that have a commercial presence? I'm thinking like sentry.io.

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