> But why does Linux have to tread that same path? It doesn't, which is the beauty of open source. If enough people value this as much as you clearly do, there

> But why does Linux have to tread that same path? It doesn't, which is the beauty of open source. If enough people value this as much as you clearly do, there will always be options out there. And, if there aren't enough people then you always have the (less practical, but still doable) option of rolling your own.