Comment 293 for bug 441835

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

peter b [2010-11-25 17:39 -0000]:
> Is there a hidden agenda or maybe a list somewhere at Ubuntu that
> specifies the devices to be installed and the ones deemed unworthy
> of Ubuntu os attention because they are 'too old' and hence unworthy
> of attention ?

Yes, we deliberately want to break stuff, just to annoy users.

More seriously, that's how open source works -- if no developer is
interested in fixing something, it's hard to get done. And developers
tend to have and play with new hardware.. (i. e. it's already hard
these days to find a CD-ROM drive)