The fact that [the summit] is happening at all, the fact that people in these sub-tribes see a need to come together and speak to each other says something in itself

People are imperfect. What we have learned through the ages, though, is that combining lots of people creates a better end result, ... For some reason, we forgot that when it came to developing software.

You have an equivalent to random mutation, except it's better, ... It's directed mutation, people constantly trying to improve the software.

The important move would be to document all [Microsoft's] file formats and communications protocols, make the documentation publicly available, and make a binding promise not to sue or harass people who write open source software to interoperate.

On first blush this looks to be about money, but it is about power. Is power going to go to the information monopolies, or will it go to developers and users?

Of course they're using it, ... It doesn't suck.