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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.

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Microsoft has a majority market share
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