[Golden Eagle]

You're absolutely right: spending even one dollar to create something that is to be given away makes no sense as a business model.

Yes, I know, and I'm glad it's finally getting through to you. But the rest of your post drifts off into some sad form of an excuse for hardware companies just because time after time they have proven they can't write operating systems worth a flip on their own.

If they can't create good software on their own, that's their problem, and they will need to negotiate with other companies who can and get some software better than their competitor's loaded on those systems asap.

But breaking off business ventures with O/S companies, then stealing their technology from them to use for yourself without paying the original owners for it is simply not acceptable.

[Dimensio]

"You're absolutely right: spending even one dollar to create something that is to be given away makes no sense as a business model."

Yes, I know, and I'm glad it's finally getting through to you.

Note that Golden Eagle completely omitted Nick Danger's explanation of why a community-developed project like Linux as an operating system does make good financial sense for hardware manufacturers. This, along with his utterly dishonest attempt to present a sarcastic statement as an expression of genuine sentiment, makes it clear to me that Golden Eagle is not interested in any intelligent discussion, but rather is just here to bash Linux and insult anyone who uses it regardless of the facts. Facts are irrelevant to Golden Eagle, he'll just make up whatever he needs to support his bogus assertions. He's probably best ignored.