> The irony is, the biggest disruptive innovation that ever came from the Internet could in fact be open source software, and the old industry it destroys will

> The irony is, the biggest disruptive innovation that ever came from the Internet could in fact be open source software, and the old industry it destroys will probably be venture capital. The interplay between open source and trade secret is very interesting, as is the fact that possibly the majority of top-flight software development is open source and not going to make anyone rich. People spend many years learning in order to contribute to amazing, complex software; yet they are shown up financially by kids with web 2.0 sites that run ads.