Excellent anecdote. I share a similar story and one key thing I wanted to comment on was that there were never really any "open platforms" to begin with, not e

Excellent anecdote. I share a similar story and one key thing I wanted to comment on was that there were never really any "open platforms" to begin with, not even on Linux. The fundamentals of that codebase might be available free for use, but the companies checking in code and building out distros are not doing it solely for the love of the game, their doing it to cut a profit as well. They would nail you to their garden if they could, and some already have! The classic example of a company that did this and ran with it is Apple. The fact of the matter is if you want people to use your technology at a mass scale you need to abide by the same fundamental business and market rules that the big boys do. So friend, free your mind from the chains of platform loyalty and go ahead and experience all the technologies available on all platforms, because at the end of the day that is what people like you and I truly want to do.