Open Source is an on-going evolution, not a contemporary trend. It is the introduction of a technology that cannot simply be removed from the market for it has become engrained, whether your are aware of it or not. Flexible and quick to evolve, Open Source is designed to thrive.

Open Source promotes collaboration to produce the highest quality code possible. This benefits the software development team who receives direct and timely feedback, bug fixes, and customer loyalty. Customers benefit from quick resolution to known problems and an opportunity to be involved with the development company. In this interplay, both the development firm and customer learn from the experience, again elevating the quality of the code and user experience.

While proprietary software is developed within one company, there is no guaranty that the source code is of high quality. The collaborative process of Open Source breaks down monopolies of technology and price. Open Source provide alternatives, enhances the creative process, and leads to better technologies. Everyone benefits.

Open Source software and the Internet grew up together. The Internet breaks down barriers of location, age, ethnicity, and financial basis. Anyone connected to the Internet has an opportunity to contribute to Open Source Development, resulting in fresh, creative, perpetual innovation.

These contributions are reviewed by an organization heads, such as Linux-originator Linus Torvalds and second-in-command Alan Cox. Quality, tested contributions are integrated into future releases and used by software development companies to improve their product. Other Open Source operating systems maintain their own development efforts.

Why do they do it? Open Source developers are motivated by improving their own skills, working with some of the best in the industry, challenging the installed monopolies, and making themselves known in order to gain employment as well-known Open Source developers are top-picks by software development companies.