On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 21:45, Anne Wilson wrote: > at the predictable response from hardware manufacturers. I don't usually > snap at people like this, but... > > Quote > > OK - I'll buy a Hauppage card that does. > > Anne
Anne, look - for all intents and purposes, you're swimming upstream here. Manufacturers don't care about US - they care about money. They care about marketing. They spend more time in being Windows Compatible and being in the Windows Market than in being real manufacturers and engineers. When it comes down to brass tacks - most of the public would be completely appalled at the level of simplicity in most of the equipment they purchase. NAMES are the game. You would THINK that they would spend the same time in developing drivers for their hardware for OTHER operating systems - but in reality - just take a good look around that what DOESN'T work for Macs! And they're the OTHER PART of the desktop arena... None of the manufacturers are going to bust a move to do anything for linux overall until the world's public stands up and demands the quality, service and support. On the other hand, if a group of geeks/nerds get cluey enough, they might develope their own driver set - as has happened with many other pieces of equipment...and better at that! -- Tue Nov 12 22:45:00 EST 2002 -------------------------------- | __ __ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;"""/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " |linux user:267497 -------------------------------- Fakir, n: A psychologist whose charismatic data have inspired almost religious devotion in his followers, even though the sources seem to have shinnied up a rope and vanished.
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