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Re: [LUG] Vista from AUT Direct

 

On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:20:50 +0000
"Michael Mortimore" <nospamformike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >check there is Vista drivers for the hardware inside your PC
>
> Didn't they used to say that about linux (but s/Vista/linux)? It seems
> like M$ have gone backwards.

With the added handicap that drivers for one version of Windows cannot
simply be updated for the new version by anyone except the original
developers of the driver. At least with free software, anyone packaging
the driver can update it for the latest kernel without waiting for the
original supplier.

i.e. all those old bits of kit that came with a nice CD may now require
an updated driver and that driver can only come from the original
supplier - most of whom haven't got to grips with Vista themselves yet.

Integrated development? No chance. Collaboration needs access to the
changes - the big players may be able to get that from MS but the
smaller peripheral companies have to wait, so their users have to wait
as well.

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