Sure, I'll bite: - Because large companies have an easier time quantifying money spent towards a solution rather than time spent towards a solution, fiddling a

Sure, I'll bite: - Because large companies have an easier time quantifying money spent towards a solution rather than time spent towards a solution, fiddling around with a non-corporate project getting whatever kernel/distro/library/framework to work as you need it to; open-source or not. - Because outside of the West Coast America Tech. bubble, where time spent fighting with your computer late into a Sunday night is a badge of honor, most people just use computers to get shit done.