It occurs to me that there are two basic sides to the debate between open source and closed source software. There are those who believe that any and all software should be open source and that users of the software should be free to enhance and alter that software as they see fit. By the same token, there are those who will never understand the open source movement and will always discount or dismiss development done under the decentralized model frequently used in open source. I believe Linux alone has proven that the decentralized model works by providing a stable and robust solution that's being used to solve real-world problems. However, Linux advocates need to realize that simply having the best product does not guarantee success.

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