[2] Open source approaches have created technology such as Linux (and to some extent, the Android operating system).
Additionally, open source approaches applied to documents have inspired wikis and their largest example, Wikipedia.
[1] Open security suggests that security breaches and vulnerabilities can be better prevented or ameliorated when users facing these problems collaborate using open source philosophies.
[1] On the developer side, legitimate software and service providers can have independent verification and testing of their source code.
[3] On the information technology side, companies can aggregate common threats, patterns, and security solutions to a variety of security issues.