Someone need to remind you WHY WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT.

You seem to think that our society runs "on automatic" and that government interference is "bad"

The NEWS for you is that the entire reason we have a petroleum infrastructure and gas stations and roads and cars is because the GOVERNMENT "persuaded" people to adopt them.

Oh but YOU seem to think that the government gets in the way of civilization when in fact government is the DIFFERENCE between prosperity and despair.

Why don't you TRY to speculate on what the price of gasoline would be if the government were not interfering. Trust me you won't like the answer.

How's that windows 8 UI experience coming along?

Are you saying that google's file systems are corrupt?

This is the ENTIRE REASON for the GPL: NOBODY can be "in control" of the source code.

How many android devices are out there with their GPL linux kernels? An order of magnitude more than the BSD-based Apple ones.

You mean like they did with ZUNE???

TOTAL FAIL

WHAT A LAUGH! What Microsoft hardware has EVER been better than "mediocre"??? Keyboards and mice made by other companies? Overheating Xboxes??? Zunes that crash???

APPLE is a software company??? They make telephones and MP3 players and media centers! Oh and computers too!

GOOGLE is manufacturing hardware??? SINCE WHEN???

Your comment is a perfect example of COMPLETE IGNORANCE.

You say it takes 9 years of tablet sales to overtake 30 years of PC sales? You misuse the word "only".

EGADS!

You mean if "some putz tweaks the ECU" that THE MANUFACTURER is "on the hook to fix?"

WOW I NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND TWEAK ON MY CAR SO SOMEONE ELSE IS ON THE HOOK TO FIX IT.

What happens when the automaker goes out of business?

YES it happens! SAAB!

Do they take their encrypted codes with them into oblivion?

There are NO MORE Saab dealerships. You MUST get your Saab repaired by an independent garage!

WHERE do they get the codes?

Your car will FAIL INSPECTION with a fault light

You CANNOT legally drive your car without inspection

You DO NOT have to get your computer inspected, you can CONTINUE to use it with the lit fault light.

That is a STRETCH by any account

HOWEVER

Saab is OUT OF BUSINESS, they don't own ANYTHING.

If you "own" a Saab, there is NO QUESTION that it belongs to YOU

NOT TRUE!!!

Under-hood GRADE 0 parts are made with DIFFERENT PLASTIC to withstand -40C to +150C temperatures

They DO NOT "come off the same line"

I LOVE it that a medallion costs a MILLION DOLLARS

It means that the cab driver is a SERIOUS BUSINESS PERSON and he will treat me in a professional manner.

Because they TRIED the other way and the result is cab drivers who don't know their way around the city, costing people MORE money in longer trips.

The closed system ensures that your cab driver will have sufficient knowledge of the city to get you to your destination quickly.