> Open source software is not the best argument for distributed teams when you need to iterate fast.

You want to actually compete for fast iteration? We'll happily take you on over at ardour.org ...

Yes, there are some FLOSS projects which may take a long time to approve PRs. Even in our case, that happens sometimes when someone proposes something we're not convinced by but also cannot reject immediately.

Meanwhile, it's not unusual for comments in our discourse server to lead to direct changes in the main branch within hours.

So while FLOSS may contain examples against distributed teams, it also contains very strong, and very numerous examples that argue in favor of it.