You'd be quite wrong despite that the majority of what I do is in that world, the majority of my tools are not. As a creative, it's easy to push me towards OS X or the like; however I've been a Linux user since the mid-90's.

But that was a damn safe assumption. I can't even get upset.

Mostly because the open source variants are woefully slipping behind the times. I personally hate GIMP, but mostly because it had feature parity with Photoshop back during Photoshop 5/6/7 days. It's nowhere near what I need now. However I friggin' love Inkscape. As of late, I've been distancing myself from Adobe products and back embracing other software. And in the Apple walled-garden, a lot of software, like Bohemian Coding Sketch, Hammer for Mac and a whole heap of others are leaving the Mac Store. And when they do, I support them each time.

The rest of the stuff I use are mostly JavaScript (read: Github is my best friend) and that means I can edit it in a plethora of ways, but mostly use Atom because I'm lazy and like code hinting, completion and it's also open source.

In our prior discussions, I've honestly never taken anything you've said as a negative; even when we disagree, you bring a discussion that I appreciate.

As a prior developer, there's one thing I do like. I can switch between tools and get a grasp on what I should expect. I cannot say that about a lot of other, out in the wild, type of tools. But it is also creates a situation where innovation is a bit stifled. Yet, in the open source scene, the innovation there has stifled yet the arguments have increased. Simply put, the FOSS scene has become a barren wasteland where the better tools that are current with the time are very likely to be out of commission next week.

That has happened to me on plenty of libraries and despite offering my expertise, forking and contributing, that **** is tiresome. I'd rather have the support since my decisions affect entire companies and not the whims of some person that's incredibly smart but easily disenfranchised.

Here's where disagree. I had the 770, N800, N810, N900 and the N9. All great for when they were released, today they don't cut it. Folks are still holding onto the Psion, Zaurus and other devices, including the Maemo devices, thinking they'd fit right in today. They do not for a lot of folks - the browser alone is a problem for what I have to code/prototype for daily.

But having to succumb to Apple/Google wishes is something I'd rather not have to do. But the FOSS scene is haphazardly in-fighting and not doing much of anything unless I want a text editor, a throwaway JavaScript library or a replacement standard for some esoteric bit of technology that I'll run into perhaps once every 3 years. Apple/Google is where the audience is at right now; and it bothers me.

That's why I wanted Jolla to succeed. And before that, MeeGo. And before that, Maemo. But fate has decided otherwise.