Open source organizations can be almost constructively or positively described as cultish in my opinion. To be able to have so many people working together and not necessarily for the ideal monetary gains, but yet have ownership and pride in the work they are doing seems alost impossible in the real world. Perhaps that is why it seems to be succeeding in the virtual world. Usually pride and money and titles get in the way of organization running smoothly. Someone in a managerial role tries their best to control and manipulate the work that is being done, and that is what is expected of them by their superiors. That alone limits the amounts of freedom that can be afforded to allow the vast majorty of the work force to think on their own and present newer ideas.
There are business models out there designed to motivate workers and empower them to make decisions that are for the betterment of the company, but from what I have seen, if the highest management is not on board with these programs they are all but doomed. Mozilla seems to be on board as an organization with this program and they are making it work. It would be nice if more organizations could notice and adopt such ideas.
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