Early Quote by Meltem Demirors

In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.

— Linus Torvalds

One thing about open source is that even the failures contribute to the next thing that comes up. Unlike a company that could spend…

— Matt Mullenweg

Many people think that open source projects are sort of chaotic and and anarchistic. They think that developers randomly throw code at the code…

— Mitchell Baker

“The case can be put less negatively: where network effects (positive network externalities) dominate, open source is likely to be the right thing.”

— Eric S. Raymond

“The ascendance of open source is not altruistic; it’s simply good business for contributors and consumers alike. But the reason it’s good business is…

— Stephen O’Grady

We have a very active testing community which people don't often think about when you have open source.

— Mitchell Baker

Companies have been trying to figure out what it is that makes open source work.

— Brian Behlendorf

I think a lot of the basis of the open source movement comes from procrastinating students...

— Andrew Tridgell

Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups,…

— Tim O'Reilly

Being open source meant that I could work on the technical side (along with lots of other people), and others who had the interest…

— Linus Torvalds

Open source is a beautiful way of collaborating; but what's happening on the free Internet is more akin to the 'crowdsourcing' of journalists and…

— Douglas Rushkoff

I've always felt that sort of in the abstract, open-source is the right thing to do for a lot of the kinds of things…

— James Gosling