Date: 12/13/06 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, linux

"As a development model the GPL and other licenses offer the possibility of more rapidly creating network effects around software. Linux has extraordinary network effects. Open source can create a community of developers and users who in turn create features that make software more sustainable.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/60820649/