Closed software can be like beautiful Cathedrals but remove a single central pillar and it can all collapse.
Open source software can be analogized to Bazaars that are based on human interaction which is decentralized in nature and are much more resistant to unfavorable forces.
Thoughts taken from “The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary” by E.Raymond
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