[worik]

How do you mean?

Would Raspberry Pi have happened without Linux?

What about the evolution of data centres?

I am sure that there are examples from closed systems, but it is not clear that keeping secrets and strict intellectual property spur innovation

[eptcyka]

Commodification spurs innovation at a level above the commodity. I love Linux but its ubiquity is partly to blame for why I am not using a capability based OS on my personal devices.