Support is available from a legion of open source programmers, or from a number of commercial supporters of Linux. The result is that bugs are identified and fixed more rapidly, new features are brought on line more quickly, all at a lower up front cost, dramatically reducing the total cost of ownership. The Power of Open Source Linux may be the best example, but it is only one example, of the power of open source. Collaborative, networked development is a new model of software developm ent made possible by the Internet. The full power of this collaborative method c an only be realized when the source code to software is freely shared among deve lopers.
Open source accelerates the development process.
In today's Internet economy, these kinds of accelerators have become n ot just a business advantage, but a business necessity. Linux is the fastest growin g server-class operating system.