Musings on the Fourth Quadrant - Open Collaboration

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/business/31every.html?_r=1&hpw

Did the majority of the most important innovations originate in open and collaborative systems? This is a very interesting article about progress that dodges left or right political alignment. It also brings to light the importance of informal, distributed, efforts that the internet promotes and embodies.