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On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Mark J. Dulcey <[hidden email]> wrote: > Tom Metro wrote: > > That was a good explanation for the situation 10 years ago. Now Linux >> development is heavily sponsored by large corporations like IBM, Novel, and >> RedHat. So the real question is why isn't new hardware supported more >> quickly by these commercial OS vendors? >> >> The answer is probably that there is just too much hardware to cover even >> by these large companies with deep pockets. With Windows, Microsoft writes >> drivers themselves only for a minority of the hardware. The vendors do the >> rest. >> >> So we're back to the usual chicken-and-egg problem where vendors don't >> feel compelled to support a platform that doesn't have a big market share, >> and consumers aren't drawn to a platform that doesn't support the hardware >> they want to use. Of course this is slowly changing in Linux's favor, but is >> still a far way from the "tipping point." >> > > A point you missed: most of those big companies are mostly interested in > Linux in the server room; the desktop is an afterthought. Ubuntu is unusual > in having such a strong desktop focus, and I believe that's one reason that > people are so enthusiastic about it. > > >
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