Linux is created by the users for the users. It is this method that creates true innovation.
Premature deadlines produce mediocre software.
On the opposite site of the fence, Linus and his team continue to refine the Linux kernel according to its needs, all while releasing it when the project is finished and not a moment sooner. Linux coders are under no pressure to release a kernel or even update in an effort to meet a obstructing corporate agenda. Some might suggest that Microsoft's recent attempts at stealing Linux coders to be among one of its more lower-handed business tactics the company has perpetrated, but to hear Microsoft accuse Linux of crippling innovation is simply the pot calling the kettle black. I worry if the government encourages open source, and I don't think we've done enough education of policy makers to understand the threat. But what I'm more interested in is the fact that Microsoft is presenting its case to policy makers.