[nonrandomstring]

> 9 times out of 10, when I hate something, it’s covering up for a lack of knowledge and fear around it.

Good point, I've experienced that. Equally I've experienced great frustration at things I can't understand, not from stupidity or lack of trying, but because the information is guarded or lost.

Interestingly we're getting back to the roots of why Stallman first set out on the Free Open Software mission.

The OP mentioned difficulty with opaque/obscure proprietary systems. I wonder if that's a factor at play?

[nashashmi]

Definitely a factor. He is working on something he does not work on because it is impossible to look online for help and resource. This is frustration.