I'm sorry that people so high up in the FSF and the Linux world can be so defeatist in their thinking.

In a way, having to listen to "It's our fault for not supporting RAID mode on a system that shouldn't be in RAID mode." or some version of it every time a PC OEM does something bonehead stupid or evil is like listening to a battered woman explain to the police why it's not her abusive boyfriend's fault that he got drunk and bashed her head into the wall.