>Microsoft has the benefit of proprietary documentation on lots of >hardware because they are willing to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements >with the manufacturers. So they can make drivers that work out of the >box. Linux developers don't have that luxury. They have to reverse >engineer the drivers. So, it takes longer and the drivers don't always >work out of the box. That is a consequence of choosing freedom over >expedience. > >I think that is relevant to the discussion, but I don't want to start a >protracted debate about this.
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