Here's the thing about the Windows alternative: The crappiness of the platform notwithstanding, Windows only costs lots of money in the so-called "western world". I can go to a mall in Korat an "buy" Windows software for hardly more than the cost of the media. So snooty remarks about volunteer developers and free software only cut the mustard in a market where "warez" are hard to come by.

The remarks about the impatience and the "driving me mad" are wishful thinking at best. I really love Linux, and I love tablets, but if I don't get what I want, I'm voting with my wallet. Some people seem to erroneously presume that I don't want to pay for software for some reason but, FYI, I have spent more money on Linux software than I have ever put down for Windows proggies (OS/2 software might be higher than Linux; I never made the math on those two).