This illustrates a key problem selling Linux. Linux hardware = commodity. Linux software = commodity. commodity + commodity = commodity. There's no differe

This illustrates a key problem selling Linux. Linux hardware = commodity. Linux software = commodity. commodity + commodity = commodity. There's no differentiator here, for anyone. You might as well put a pinstripe on it, or tint the windows, or put on a Type-R muffler: in the end it's still a Honda Accord. The best you can do is make sure that Linux runs well on your hardware, but as the hardware is a commodity, that's not much of a differentiator. And for sleep/wake issues you may not have the skills to make Linux work well on a laptop, because nobody does. This problem also exists with Android, but in the mobile space handset makers are having some success differentiating on hardware and adding custom UI. IBM makes a good chunk of change on Linux, but their model (admitting their solution isn't turn-key and charging a bunch of money on customization) doesn't work for laptops. And, of course, it offers no incentive to actually create turn-key software.