Haha! Microsoft attitudes!

**t0p** · September 17th, 2009

This isn't a new one for Microsoft. It was very difficult to find much hardware that worked with 64-bit XP as the manufacturers didn't think it would be a big seller and weren't prepared to invest the necessary funds or effort. And it's right, drivers should be the responsibility of the manufacturers. It would be great if they released open source drivers for Linux instead of binary blobs or, more often, nothing at all. We're just lucky that Linux hackers are prepared to make our systems work with so much hardware. There is absolutely no possibility of Microsoft doing likewise.

**pwnst*r** · September 17th, 2009

Originally Posted by RiceMonster

That's funny, whenever someone complains about drivers not working on Linux here, people use that exact argument.

"Hardware X doesn't work, Linux sucks"
"That's not the fault of Linux, company x doesn't support it"

yep, not sure what you people waving lol flags are all about. you should probably go for a walk though.

**Tristam Green** · September 17th, 2009

I must be missing the joke.

**bodyharvester** · September 17th, 2009

i dont get it

**Udayakiran** · September 17th, 2009

Originally Posted by t0p

This isn't a new one for Microsoft. It was very difficult to find much hardware that worked with 64-bit XP as the manufacturers didn't think it would be a big seller and weren't prepared to invest the necessary funds or effort. And it's right, drivers should be the responsibility of the manufacturers. It would be great if they released open source drivers for Linux instead of binary blobs or, more often, nothing at all. We're just lucky that Linux hackers are prepared to make our systems work with so much hardware. There is absolutely no possibility of Microsoft doing likewise.

Yea. I second that. Poor Microsoft is doing all it can to make Windows better, but the hardware manufacturers are just not cooperating. GO MICROSOFT!!!

-Windows Fan.