"Small Team Closed Source" vs "Large Team Open Source"

Which is better?

I was recently asked the following question:

Trevor T @TrevorTomesh

So -- @TheLunduke; what's do you prefer: - small closed source projects (e.g. Sublime) - large open source projects (e.g. VSCode)? I've been wresting with this question.

And, honestly, it’s one heck of a good question.

Which is better? A handful of people working on a Closed Source piece of software… or a large group of people working on an Open Source piece of software?

Here’s my thoughts on that.