Ubuntu is not free.

[Dotan Cohen]

On 12/07/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> Well said.  I have to admit, I've often told people complaining about lack
> of hardware support that "you wouldn't go out and buy hardware for a
> Windows machine that wasn't supported in Windows, and you shouldn't go out
> and buy hardware for a Linux machine that isn't supported."  You've made me
> realize I'm not quite going about this the right way.  Next time I'm
> shopping for something, I'll make my shortlist based solely on features,
> buy the best one that _is_ supported in Linux - and write to all the other
> manufacturers to tell them why they didn't get a sale.

I'll get on that bandwagon. When they figure out that the cost of
developing drivers will be less than the profits they will make by
selling hardware, then they will release drivers.

Dotan
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