"When I've written about the inevitable march of Open Source,
there are a couple of things I've failed to note, or that I just
got wrong. One of those is that I conflated the issues of open
technology trends with Open Source. While both are trending
upwards, they are certainly not the same. The central premise that
I've advanced before still holds--that is, the internet has led to
unprecedented downward price pressure on software, thanks to a
market flooded with software and software developers, with the
added bonus that they can all collaborate with each other in 'real
time...'"