
I read something in one of the comments for an OSNews posting a couple weeks ago that sent me thinking. It wasn't an original or profound thought. In fact, it's a rather commonly-held opinion that happens to be quite misguided. It's an opinion summed up by the "open source = communist" meme that gets thrown around in thousands of flamewars all over the internet. In this essay, I will explore why this idea is wrong and demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of economics.
I must say you took lots of words to say something so obvious.
Linux is not another unix, may be it's no longer developed by only pioneers, but there are still pioneers there, and the license makes it possible for pioneers to pick up at any time.