> 4 guys coding in the dark on the bare metal just can't build an OS anymore, it won't have GPU access, it won't have a solid TCP/IP stack, it won't have good U

> 4 guys coding in the dark on the bare metal just can't build an OS anymore, it won't have GPU access, it won't have a solid TCP/IP stack, it won't have good USB support, or caching, or a dependable file system. Well, they wouldn't need to any more. They can adopt drivers from Linux or any other free operating systems. The inner work of a driver might be arcane, the interface to an operating system is generally well defined. Adopting a existing driver is definitely doable.