Provide a path to a $1300 laptop that is POWER based (and not crippled "slow 1 core SMT1" stuff from IBM's dead-bin) and you might entice System76 and Purism.
Your products target "Freedom, no matter the costs" while their products aim for "better than what the market has right now, at consumer friendly price points".
Both are important: they demonstrate that there's mass market appeal, you demonstrate that there's an achievable ultimate goal.
If you want to join forces, there needs to be a common story that works for both. Right now, their story isn't sufficiently Free-with-capital-F for you and your story isn't sufficiently consumer-compatible for them.
Your products target "Freedom, no matter the costs" while their products aim for "better than what the market has right now, at consumer friendly price points".
Both are important: they demonstrate that there's mass market appeal, you demonstrate that there's an achievable ultimate goal.
If you want to join forces, there needs to be a common story that works for both. Right now, their story isn't sufficiently Free-with-capital-F for you and your story isn't sufficiently consumer-compatible for them.