> You may be right. There's no doubt that there are many more > "application-level" developers in the community than "system-level" > developers (substitute the correct terms, if such exist).
> So where *have* all the developers who could do this gone to, then? :(
There's never been many people who could do this. OTOH look at the
number of electronic devices on the market, each with its own
proprietary firmware, and you should get a pretty good idea of where
those people are.
Stefan
