Concerned about stacks?

I’ve been hearing much about stacks these last few weeks.

“We want an all ESRI stack”

“We want to break out of the ESRI stack”

“I want an all OSGeo stack”

“Bill Gates’ stack is the work of the devil”

“I want to avoid the [INSERT LEAST FAVORITE SOFTWARE COMPANY HERE] stack at all costs”

Why concern yourself with branding stacks?  OK, maybe if your corporate IT department dictates that you must go a route you have to worry about it, but otherwise concerning yourself with an overarching stack just distracts you on matching your needs with the best hardware/software.  Stack away, but focus on the individual parts, not the whole suite.  Leave the marketing terms such as LAMP/WAMP/XXXX to others and pick what works.

Be careful with stacks