I don't get what you mean with "The fact the world runs on so much open source software really is remarkable". Could you clarify? I also think that big part of

I don't get what you mean with "The fact the world runs on so much open source software really is remarkable". Could you clarify? I also think that big part of the problem with developer communication comes from the fact that many/most of us taught ourselves how to code when young. That gives you a very high self-pride, as you were doing complicated stuff while your friends were watching DBZ. If you are lucky enough then you find out that you don't know a shit about programming, but that's not always the case.