>> a great many of the software tools used by the most powerful companies in the world are the exact same ones available to hospitals, students, and everyone el

>> a great many of the software tools used by the most powerful companies in the world are the exact same ones available to hospitals, students, and everyone else. For free. And not just to use, but to inspect, modify, extend, and redistribute. That does not say that open source is great because it copies closed source. Nor does the term "absolutism." Carmack is pushing for open source, just like the title would imply.