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Paul Graham - what business can learn from open source

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Typically readable recent essay:

So these, I think, are the three big lessons open source and blogging have to teach business: (1) that people work harder on stuff they like, (2) that the standard office environment is very unproductive, and (3) that bottom-up often works better than top-down. [What Business Can Learn from Open Source]

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