That is quite possible.
It sounds like you've bought the weird MS propaganda that Open Source is some kind of Communist thing.
No my friend, it is apparently for you that these are the only sources of information. I simply know some industrical organization and economics of R&D. This is where, I said, the issue belongs. Perhaps you should postpone further arguments until you avail yourself of that knowledge.
I never said Open Source is the only way to make new stuff. I said it's a way that has worked. Maybe that doesn't fit into your economics, but some of us find it quite useful and even profitable.
Forget these little theories you "know." Reality matters more.