Reliability of Open-Source Software

They have a large population of users who are willing to fix problems themselves rather than report them and wait for a new release, so bugs are discovered and repaired more quickly than is usually possible with proprietary software

Explanation

Widely used open-source systems are very reliable because they have a large population of users who are willing to fix problems themselves rather than simply reporting them to a developer and waiting for a new release. This means bugs are discovered and repaired more quickly than is usually possible with proprietary software. Documentation and support may have to be paid for separately, but the software itself is usually cheap or free.