I agree 100%. Unfortunately, to many folks, the distinction isn't quite so clear as dishwasher vs. laundry machine. As a friend once told me, without any knowledge of our requirements, "Your company is pissing away tens of thousands of dollars on Oracle, when you could use MySQL for free!"

A very Republican relative of mine was ranting and raving at the TV before the election. He had on CBS news, and was screaming about how this one anchorwoman is so biased that 72% of her positive comments are pro-Obama. Apparently, in order to be unbiased, her positive comments should have been split 50/50.