&gt;RMS has already strongly established that in his book performance is a distant runner-up to free.<p>To him, maybe.  Not all of us have the luxury of getting paid to be a techno-luddite, using antiquated workflows and having the spare time available to re&#x2F;write drivers when necessary.<p>If I made the same performance&#x2F;freedom trade-offs I&#x27;d be completely unable to do my job.