One man Driver-writing Machine

In a feat of freelance programming, a French programmer running Linux bought a cheap webcam and decided he needed drivers. He went on a rampage, and ended up coding 352 webcam drivers for Linux.

What kind of world are we living in, where people write huge portions of operating system software for free? Linux in many forms is a free operating system, and this man is enabling video chat for a whole population of people who have never paid Microsoft or Apple for their computer's main OS.

Does this represent a new way of coding computers that will replace big market styles, or will huge Google-armies always be able to strongarm better software?

For one thing, Firefox is continuing to gain popularity (around 31% of all web traffic!). Even in Europe, Firefox is being run nearly 25% of the time the internet is used.

As of right now, the limiting factor for open source software is not programmers, but ideas for innovation. There is a standing call for any Mac users to complain about Firefox on their OS so that it might be enhanced. That's more responsive than most corporations! Will they retake the browser wars, or has the war already been won?