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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/JustAwesome360 on 2025-07-28 03:52:03+00:00.
Just a random thought I suddenly had:
Why is free, community made, open source software so well made?
You would think that multi BILLION dollar companies would make a better program, but not only do open source programs successfully compete with them, often times they end up surpassing them.
I’ve always wondered just why this ends up being the case? Are people just that much of a saint to just come together and create good programs free of charge? I would have thought the corporations with hundreds of six figure programmers at their disposal would do a better job.