Nice thread you wrote up at the Moto forums at least it didn't start like "UNLOCK THE FRICKIN BOOTLOADER...YOU SUCK MOTO".
You know if Moto doesn't want to unlock the bootloader, can they at least make their own custom kernels that they can make available for download? I mean, it'll be nice to have a choice if I want an overclocked kernel or a lower voltage kernel. I would pay for that if they won't unlock the bootloader. I don't think it would hurt security if they were the ones making the custom kernels, right?
Off topic- Are you trying to be part of that "project" that they have for the Bionic? I hope you are!