>there's obviously something not quite working with this model when it comes to producing software people can use It might be that the model is never going to

>there's obviously something not quite working with this model when it comes to producing software people can use It might be that the model is never going to provide the financial incentives to work perfectly on every random Windows laptop, which is what you seem to mean by 'producing software people can use'. Meanwhile, plenty of people use it just fine - your laptop not working hardly invalidates the whole desktop Linux concept.