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    +1 for "Change the game", if you cannot beat your opponent on its terms, then you just have to find terms that suit you more. Commented May 21, 2011 at 14:42
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    Once you start having an open source competitor which is actually worth paying attention to, a good way to think of business strategies to use is to pretend that you're about to open source your project, too. Change your business so it will stay profitable under that condition, and you're in the clear, whether you've actually open sourced it or not Commented May 21, 2011 at 22:07
  • I would add : Ask "who runs the asylum"? Don't let the in mates run the asylum. If it's programmers, the inmates are. Commented May 24, 2011 at 0:18
  • I think change the game did it for me. I think that's all you have in the end. Commented May 25, 2011 at 22:32
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    Of course, you need to prioritize your efforts, and I think they're backwards in this list. Open source can probably compete on features, quality, and effectiveness, and sometimes on integration with other software, but service, support, and sales are weak points in open source, and important points for Big Co. markets. Commented Jul 18, 2011 at 3:10