On Fri April 22 2005 6:05 pm, Philipp Thomas wrote:
"Fred A. Miller" <fmiller@lightlink.com> [22 Apr 2005 10:22:43 -0400]:
One is that MickySoft does EVERYTHING legal and illegal to not have them be made available.
Oh, get real and also rid of that paranoia! The main reason is much simpler! Driver development costs money, so you look at the (perceived) user numbers and decide whether it's worth the effort for you. For many it's not.
There are also a number of other reasons and *none* of them is "Microsoft is to blame".
Well, Philipp, you don't know everyone in the industry just like I don't. But, I've been told directly, off and on for a long time, about the pressure applied to companies by MickySoft. So, you believe what you want. Many of the people I've talked to don't even know each other but have the same story. The same crap happend when IBM was marketing OS/2. Certainly there are other reasons as well. Fred -- The only bug free software from MickySoft is still shrink-wrapped in their warehouse..."