So obviously research into the limits of the current technology is pointless?

Windows and OS X are also used by IT professionals, and so provide some tools professionals would use. Neither Windows or OS X ever expect their users to drop to a shell to do anything. While it is happening less and less, you will be told to drop to a shell at some point when you use Linux.

There are, in fact, girls on the Internet.

No, there are not.

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Enforceability_of_EULAs_in_the_United_States

The enforceability of an EULA depends on several factors, one of them being the court in which the case is heard. Some courts that have addressed the validity of the shrinkwrap license agreements have found some EULAs to be invalid ... Other courts have determined that the shrinkwrap license agreement is valid and enforceable ... No court has ruled on the validity of EULAs generally; decisions are limited to particular provisions and terms.

Do you have any proof that there might be violations or are you just proposing that any large, successful software project must be infringing on GPL software?

"News for Nerds." I think users here can figure out how to do a web search if they didn't already know Micron made RAM.

Or they did a cost analysis of the situation and figured that it wasn't worth it to do it without downtime. And they'd probably be right, they probably won't loose any money on it.

But HR does not like tech schools and community colleges.

This is seriously a problem with society. If it doesn't make you money, or if it isn't directly related to making money, it is thought of as useless. GP said he would take classes for fun, who cares what any company thinks about it. I did the Stanford machine learning course because it was interesting, not because it would help me make money in any way, I will do more for the same reason, and in more diverse fields. People learning about things not related to their job or area of expertise is a good thing, it is something to be encouraged.

Blindly doing whatever the US does.

They did say 'for good aesthetics.'