I know right...

Also, I sure Apple cares what some hippy from Berkeley thinks.

'was more complex and required significantly increased financial and technical support by IBM beyond its original expectations.'

Sounds about normal for an IBM gig then...

(and by well, I mean with prison sex).

Funny, I was thinking the same thing about here lately.

So my tax dollars are paying for a museum I can't even visit....

This is like *NIX 101.

But then, try changing the locale on a running system...

Have you ever let a Gentoo or Fedora machine slip more than a couple of months out of date? Same deal.

Heh, that's horrible, but I have to admit I ROFLed for a while.

Also, strictly speaking, Confluence IS open source, it's just not FOSS. You get access to the source code with your license, and as long as you keep your license up to date, you can download the source for the latest version at any time. If at some point you decide not to pay for support, their license allows you to keep working with what you have, binary or source. I think Atlassian as a company have taken a very enlightened approach to this issue, and I have no qualms in paying for their excellent software. Most of the issues I would have with closed source proprietary solutions are not an issue. You are free to tinker, just not redistribute, and they give you the insurance policy, in source code, that you can keep going should there ever be an issue with them as a company.