Exactly; this reminds me of the quote "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." A key axiom of free softwa

Exactly; this reminds me of the quote "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." A key axiom of free software is that if you don't like something, you can fork it. If your fork is better, it will win (in theory). It isn't necessarily an efficient allocation of resources, but open-source does not seek to achieve that: it values choice instead.