Just agreeing with you....also remember that in many cases you are actually buying a
hardware/software combination...for example a "win/printer". Looks like a printer,
prints like a printer SOMETIMES, but it's only half a peripheral really because it's
windows-dependant. Kinda like buying mac software and wanting it to run on windows
too.
Caveat emptor, as most of us find out the hard way. I know I did. :/
Tom Brinkman wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > Now i know that this is not very usall, that is why i am going to tell you all.
> > Right now we all know how windoze has better hardware support than linux,
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Nope! We all sure damn don't!!
> It's prob'ly apparently that way to most 'hands off' users, but
> actually the reverse... very unfortunately, is the case.
>
> Windoze has been the most popular OS for the desktop by far for
> almost 10 years now. Among the pros and cons of this history,
> particularly in the last few years, is that hardware has been
> foisted on the unaware 'computing public' that is 'win' hardware.
> It's not hard for windoze to 'better' support hardware, when the
> hardware is designed solely for, or at least slanted towards
> Windoze, and the manufacturers withhold or provide limited support
> for any other OS.
>
> Most all computer users that vary from this 'win' computer/
> hardware situation, eg, Linux users, soon realize not all hardware
> is created equal. First baptism is they find out their modem is
> not really a modem, but just a board that has a place to stick a
> phone line into. _IF_ you use it with windoze. Next most familiar
> plight is they find out they don't really have a printer, it only
> works with Windoze. What they prob'ly don't even realize, is that
> their super duper 900mhz Intel Inside, brand new ready made ...
> runs like a homebuilt 450, since the cpu/cache/ram/drives are takin
> on the work load that 'win' hardware shirks and dumps on 'em.
>
> The problem goes a lot deeper than this. With the popularity,
> advent, foisted upon ... however you see it... of the 'onboard',
> 'builtin' video/sound/modem motherboards (absolute junk IMO), users
> of OS's other than Micro$h!+, soon find out that the manufacturer's
> of this cr@p, either only marginally support, provide only binary
> support (eg, Nvidia), or refuse to support any other OS but ... you
> guessed it, Winblows.
>
> According to the DOJ, this has been going on because of
> illegal arm twisting by M$. It's real hard (I don't know why they
> bother) for Linux, BSD, etc., volunteers to try and write drivers
> for this sub standard 'win' cr@p, when the manufacturers
> won't/don't cooperate. This is the real injustice M$ has caused.
> __Not flimsy software... flimsy hardware___
>
> My point: Windoze is responsible for lousy hardware, and lousy
> hardware support, even by their own products. OS's like Linux and
> BSD are doin a Herculean job, IMO, to do as well as they do....
> which is often better than Windoze or NT can ...amazing
>
> The result is ALL desktop computer users loose and loose big.
> Marginal, junk hardware is dumped on the computing public. BUT,
>
> HEY!, "it works great with Windoze!"
>
> --
> ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> well have
> > something to tell you. When i install windoze on my p.c I have to use the keyboard
> > for every thing, because it does not see my mouse. Mandrake 7.1 does see my mouse
> > at setup. WOW!!
> >
> > I have the microsoft inteleye mouse which is usb. (youm know the �50 one with 5
> > buttons and a little laser)
> >
> > So yes linux is wining,
> >
> > Mark Hillary
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