On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:36:23 -0400, nick said:

a embedded version of Linux called NX OS I believe and its all open to my knowledge. Again this is stupidity in my option or companies being lazy by hiding there terribly written drivers.

Remember Nick - it's not a technical decision, it's a business decision. If a company can improve the bottom line by $1M by doing something technically ugly, something technically ugly *will* be done. And it's usually no use standing up and fighting it if you work at the company, because quite frankly, you're expendable. Unless you're a superstar who will cost more than $1M in recruiting costs and signing bonuses to replace, the company will can your ass, recruit a replacement, do the ugly thing, and *still* come up with more money. And let's face it - if you're a superstar, why are you working at a company whose product is so messed up that technically ugly work-arounds are called for? :)