This is 0ne of the best blog posts about OS in a while … 5 ways to misunderstand Free and Open Source Software.

1. The software industry can’t keep going if programmers don’t get paid.
2. Innovation is killed in free software.
3. Software Should Just Work (who cares about source code?)
4. Free software doesn’t respect authors’ copyrighted and patented software.
5. Free software is like communism.

You really should take your time and read the full post.