Linked by David Adams on Mon 16th Aug 2004 17:44 UTC
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.
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The notion that OSS is anti-capitalist (and therefore communist? strange logic!) is completely bogus. OSS exists because there is a limited market for software that people or companies will actually pay for, but there is a lot of production capacity out there in the form of talent and ideas. Those two facts along with the ability to collaborate with people pratically anywhere makes it happen.