Datamation has the article Why Linux Works.

Linux works, in short, because so many companies want to control it and can’t, due to its industry importance, making it far more profitable for a developer to build her career as a Linux developer rather than a Red Hat (or Intel or Oracle or…) engineer.

In other words, there is still a place for pride in quality craftsmanship. I wonder if the purveyors of Capitalism or Socialism have a place for this pride in their philosophies. I always believed there was a certain artistry in writing a good piece of software. I noticed that the Silicon Valley/California competitive influence as opposed to the New England and North West sense of craftsmanship, made it harder and harder to take pride in the work as the years went on. Perhaps it had more to do with the passing of time or my age that made it feel that way.