> > I don't think this is a good metaphor at all for the > > problem we are discussing. But, for the sake of this > > discussion, I'll go along with it for now. > > Right on. I don't know how this could be compare to Closed Source/Open Source > development model. I don't even think you could compare them.
There seems to be some confusion here. I was responding directly to (and right under) -ray's comment that "I still maintain that source availability is irrelevant." In 90% of the cases that is true, but that means that in 10% of the cases it isn't. So at times source availability is relevant.
