Regarding the cost of non-consumer hardware, especially hardware in the $1k range, I encourage you to check out the presentation entitled "Talos™, OpenPOWER™, a

Regarding the cost of non-consumer hardware, especially hardware in the $1k range, I encourage you to check out the presentation entitled "Talos™, OpenPOWER™, and the World Beyond x86" at https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-secure-workstation#a-world-beyond-x86 https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-s... That presentation offers several potential explainations for why that particular market segment is locked to proprietary, non-libre offerings only.