The reasons this will never happen has nothing to do with the technical challenges, but rather the business implications. What business is going to invest in c

The reasons this will never happen has nothing to do with the technical challenges, but rather the business implications. What business is going to invest in creating commoditized platform? Certainly not Apple or Samsung, they are busy figuring out new ways to lock consumers into their ecosystem. So it has to be a new entry into the mobile market. Perhaps a company like IBM has the resources to build the base platform. (This is certainly beyond a kick starter). But, why would an IBM invest in creating a commodity platform? How does an open hardware platform serve their, or any other business', interests? It doesn't, and that's the real reason that we won't see a system like this.