The Simple Economics of Open Source

[Gordon McMillan]

Why does everyone miss the main point?

I (and you) are literally 100s of times more productive because 
of open source. Imagine having to either invent it all yourself, 
or duct tape together expensive half-assed closed "solutions". 
Shudder.

Developers who share code are *enormously* more productive 
than those who don't. So the range of problems that can be 
attacked increases geometrically, so computers penetrate 
new areas, so geeks stand a better chance of making a living.

Win-win situations are rarely profitably analyzed by 
competitive models.


- Gordon