Building Rome

Imagine a world where only the elite build. The elite are unsure of what the customers want. In Rome, in was the common people who built. The same is true of open source software. If only the elite manufacture software, then we would have many niches unsatisfied. Open source developers improve upon projects that have already be utilized and admired, and they make them more useful to suit theirs - and usually other's - needs. Closed software is freedom lost. Users must adhere to standards that program imposes and cannot manipulate it for their own needs. They must wait until another long-awaited update.