Linux Forum
Abstract: This paper posits that the open source/freeware software development and distribution paradigm, will eventually become dominant. It aims to show that this will occur as an inevitable process, slowly at first, then with almost critical-mass motion. A number of analogies to other areas of human endeavour, such as Science will be used to underline the power of the concepts behind open source freeware. Also, that the open source movement shouldn't be viewed as an attack against any single closed source vendor, but against the inadequacies of the closed source process. And finally, the hope is for this message to achieve some sense of resonance with enough readers, to add just a little more momentum to the accelerating adoption of the open source paradigm.

Linux Forum
Abstract: This paper posits that the open source/freeware software development and distribution paradigm, will eventually become dominant. It aims to show that this will occur as an inevitable process, slowly at first, then with almost critical-mass motion. A number of analogies to other areas of human endeavour, such as Science will be used to underline the power of the concepts behind open source freeware. Also, that the open source movement shouldn't be viewed as an attack against any single closed source vendor, but against the inadequacies of the closed source process. And finally, the hope is for this message to achieve some sense of resonance with enough readers, to add just a little more momentum to the accelerating adoption of the open source paradigm.