And to finalize my commentary, an ecosystem shifts the power of a product from the operating system to what can be enjoyed upon that operating system. A browser that can only see half the web will lose to one that can see more. A gadget that cannot play movies without it being manipulated, converted or altered via software easily will lose out to one that has the video already in place, formatted for that device, thus lessening the work by the consumer. And a kernel, that sits there and does nothing will lose out to one that can do more.