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What Happens When Open Source Turns Out to be Better? Much Better?

Jul 24, 2008, 13:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Matt Asay)

"The most salient point for me is that Firefox is gaining market share because it is better, not because it's open source. Firefox, then, is a classic example (as with Linux on the server) where it is rising because of its quality, not because of its cost, code access, etc."

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