Imagine you start a company, build a computer system of whatever type and want to have a Operating System on it that you have NOT created yourself.
Do any of you imagine that this is free for an OS that is not Open Source in itself.
Here is one example of an OS company that even based their product on open-source, built some own stuff ontop of it, and even they will charge you if you want to sell the OS with the computer you build.
Do anyone expect them to besides this, also spend days and weeks to make changes in their operation system for free so that it run on a couple of hundreds boards more.
It must be in the interest of the inventor/manufacturer of the computer/mainboard to have software for it. Especially if the manufacturers customers wants it.
As a business, there is no cost-free way of pleasing customers. You just gotta decide what is worth what. Apparently there is a company talked about here who just don't think it's worth it.
This can be hurtful for their business since there seems to be in peoples interest to get this software with their hardware.
Oh well, they can always try and distribute their board with native Apple OS X. I am sure Apple software developers will spend time porting the nessary parts and require notthing in return. They wouldn't even want any insurance that the customers even purchase a single copy if the port which is a possible scenario.
Spend a year using money to build houses, if no-one wants to move in/buy them later your screwed. No return for your effort, just unpayed bills.
There are risks involved in any undertaking. But to delibrietly expose yourself to these risks would be kindof stupid.
Why don't people in the OS4 on [insert platform here] try and become a Microsoft OEM System Builder and examine that cost.
If you build a car and want leather seating in it. Who will pay for all that leather and also pay to make the leather company sew it to fit your seats? Well, You first, when you build that car. Then, when you sell that car you can charge your customer extra for it. It's as simple as that.
