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Old 27-09-2007, 08:05 PM   #11 (permalink)
NucleusKore
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Default Re: Unbundle Microsoft Windows from PC's-EU Commission

If it comes through, a good decision, but one thing should be kept in mind. While Microsoft Windows will work with almost any system, as all hardware vendors write drivers for Windows, the same is NOT true for Linux, so customers will not be able to make a real choice. The only way out here is for hardware vendors to kick themselves in the arse and either start writing device drivers for linux, or opening up the routines to the developer community to write open drivers for them free of cost. Buggy drivers can be a big security risk
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