Subject: Re: Linux Drivers General Question...
From: andu (undo@cloud9.net)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2000 - 13:35:18 MST
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> Here is something that I have pondered for a while....
> Why don't manufacturers of hardware products (mice, hard drives, graphic accelerators, etc) support the Linux community and release some info to help us develop drivers. Seems to me that this would make a wise business decision because it expands there market.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on this?
>
> Bondster!
I can think of 3 reasons. One would be that they don't consider Linux a big
enough market to be targeted, another, they never heard of Linux, and thirdly,
pressure from "some" operating system manufactures not to support Linux.
But can anyone explain why Kensington, of all their trackballs they chose to
put a usb cable on their worst and continue to push a design that has serious
mechanical problems.
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Regards, Andu
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