I was once a believer in Open Source. I wanted digital anarchy, followed by first digital and then physical cornucopia. This essay seems a crushing reality check on what actually happened. Interested in what software engineer friends think. http://marktarver.com/thecathedralandthebizarre.html …
Also, it's worth noting that sometimes the reason we use really old stuff is because it's actually better than new stuff. Linux>Windows for programming because UNIX was designed for programmers and the innovations Windows makes haven't improved it in that aspect.