David Fisher wrote:
> Trust me, when the hardware vendor says he won't stand behind the
> use of Linux, we take that VERY seriously.
You've probably hit on the key item here. Unless and until we can achieve
a degree of "legitimacy" beyond just the technical ability to overcome the
problems caused by apathetic component vendors--apathetic from the point of
view of wishing to positively support or certify Linux--we're going to play
get-all to have companies embrace Linux with open arms.
This is, however, frustratingly familiar to the early experience with Unix.
BTL couldn't, then wouldn't, act as an advocate in such a manner. The end
result was that there was a plethora of Unices on the marketplace, all
slightly different; and there never did evolve a universal standard for
hardware that you could rely upon. To this day, any version of Unix for a
platform other than a proprietary marriage (e.g., Sun/Solaris, HP/HP-UX)
will run into hardware incompatibilities similar to those encountered by
Linux. The big difference with the commercial Unix systems is that there
is a dedicated organization of people paid to research and resolve problems.
While this may not actually solve the problem, or solve it faster than the
volunteer efforts of the Linux community, it does provide a single point-of-
contact for trouble reports and help. Again, it doesn't matter if this is
better--it just matters that there's someone who *seems* authoritative.
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