Open-source leadership at its best
At their worst, I'll admit, open-source software communities can breed flame wars, ugly breakups and needlessly forked development roadmaps. But at their best, you have to admit, open-source crowds share ideas, solve practical problems and tip hats at each others' successes.
Witness the Drupal community's post congratulating the developers of Joomla -- arguably Drupal's biggest competitor for mindshare -- on their new release.
Funny thing. We didn't see that from Microsoft when Mac OS X Leopard came out, or from Apple when Windows Vista came out, or from Intuit when the new TaxCut came out, or ...
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