On 10/20/2010 04:41 PM, »John« wrote: > ... not to mention they probably won't even bother if the > particular operating system isn't used by what they believe to be enough > of their potential customers. I guess you can see why we have a problem > with that and every single operating system is gonna be plagued by the > exact same problem until it reaches critical mass.
This happens with Windows as well. Why write a new driver just because the new version of Windows doesn't work with it? With bad drivers, you will get bit, whatever OS you run. I have a lovely PaperPort scanner that I keep around as just such an object lesson. It only has Windows 95 drivers unless you BUY a new one for more than the cost of a scanner. This is not a Linux bug, but for some reason, Linux gets the blame, and Windows and the hardware manufactures get a pass. -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
