Choke points in open source
Most markets have a choke point. In soft drinks it turned out to be distribution. In software it was the operating system. One feature of open source is that it frustrates the seeker of choke points. The classic case is Linux itself. Because Linux is open source, and thus a shared base, no one can really control it. All innovations are open to all.
Red Hat may be the dominant corporate distro and Ubuntu a dominant consumer distro, but neither company is Microsoft, nor do they have the capability of becoming Microsoft.
The same is true across the board. Open source is a shared base. Competition takes place on top of that base. But before a new market can truly consolidate it becomes part of the base, and monopoly power is frustrated.
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