It seems as if more and more people are beginning to use Open Source Software such as Mozilla FireFox and Linux. A man by the name of Richard Stallman trademarked the term "open source" but not really being concerned with freedom. Open source was formally organized in 1998 by Tim O'Reilly, Eric Raymond and other people in Silicon Valley. The real value of open source is to alleviate controversy not generate it. Thus, the focus point became open source code and the values companies can derive from it, not the personalities.
Many people are stuck in the middle of open source software and propriety software because as the article states they "cant afford to cling to one or the other", so they just keep switching back and forth. Open software seems as if it is the future and, to me, appears to have the greater potential.
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