Linux Handbook A Guide to IBM Linux Solutions and Resources, An IBM Redbooks publication : « Few people know that open source was the business model that software began with! In the 1960s, nobody would buy a computer (a huge investment at that time) that was not immediately ready for some use. Software had to be given away by manufacturers as "a way to sell the hardware faster," and free of charge for that reason. The source code was distributed so that anybody could change it. At the time, nobody would or could use a computer without having programming skills. »
