But they're both true, aren't they? With open source software, it's all there for you to see and use, in all its awesomeness. No pure-marketing limitations. Yet despite that advantage, it doesn't always rise over paid competitors because it's often such a pain to use.

The two opinions are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

I reached the same conclusion. It just doesn't make any sense. It's as if two different people wrote the entry.

You missed the point? He wasn't claiming that open source software is universally awesome, he was saying it's awesome that it doesn't get split into home/premium/business/pro/basic/enterprise/ultimate/etc. editions.

It's always "awesome" edition - you get every part of it.

(Although, I'm not sure I agree - there is price and licensing segregation with commercial Open Source software).