Open source software development efforts offer a utopian window into how the world could function as people work together for their individual benefit as they also help others. We have collected some links to webpages that explain the benefits of open source.

• Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!
  > David A. Wheeler, Revised as of April 16, 2003
• The Open Source Case for Customers, Open Source Initiative (OSI)
• Open Source Case for Business (OSI)
• Open Source - FAQ (OSI)